Although doctors have advised him to avoid anything stressful, Nelson Mandela (who is pictured arriving to his London hotel on Monday) is gearing up for a week of events celebrating his 90th birthday.
The former South African president will be honored with an outdoor concert on Friday with performances by dozens of artists. Proceeds from the concert will benefit the Aids charity 46664, named after Mandela’s number he wore while imprisoned in South Africa under apartheid.
The concert coincides with the 20th anniversary of London’s Free Mandela concert, which was held to demand his release. Mandela, who turns 90 on July 18, was freed in 1990 after 27 years behind bars and was elected South Africa’s first black president in 1994.
During his trip, Mandela is scheduled to meet with high-profile supporters of 46664, including Oprah Winfrey, Will Smith, Forest Whitaker and Lewis Hamilton.
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SHARPTON DONORS SUBPOENAED
Following a probe of his charity’s finances, Al Sharpton is now faced with many of his top donors being subpoenaed. Anheuser-Busch, which contributed between $100,000 and $499,000 to Sharpton’s National Action Network in 2007, confirmed last week that it had received a federal subpoena in connection to its charitable giving.
Sharpton has hired Zachary Carter, a former U.S. Attorney, to represent him and the National Action Network. He also denied reports that he twisted arms to get donations from corporations by threatening boycotts and protests. “The whole idea that what I did to these companies is shake them down is beyond me,” he told ABC News.
wow still going strong….90th…….
i believe al sharpton did it. i always have. its funny how he’s always in the right place at the right time when something goes down.
Happy Birthday Mandela!
SO GLAD 4 NELSON…HAPPY 90TH, I THINK I MIGHT HAVE TO GO TO THIS EVENT, ITS HISTORY IN THE MAKING! I wanna see Will Smith and Amy Winehouse (if she can make it der alive)…n rumours of Eminem showing up…wowwww lol
Sharpton makes me sick
WOW… Mandela’s 90th??… That’s a blessing
omdz.. juz clocked i cant go, i thought diz ting woz freeee…watttttttt?? o well..ma bad init, but still happy bday…arrr no Will Smith
=/ his birthday is only on the 18 of july tho . long live madiba ! ! ! ! =D
great!!!
Amy is my girl, but I’m shocked she wasn’t disinvited after that tape was released…
amy crackhead ass better not be at that event!!!!
anyway happy bday mandela….a true hero
46664 Woah 90 He Looks Amazing!
Mandela…my inspiration!
what a blessing it is for mandela to be celebrating his 90th birthday. i swear i teared up by just clicking on this post. may he have many more birthdays to come!
and may i add how damn good he looks? wow..
OMG he looks so good for 90, black sure don’t crack. HAPPY B-DAY, MANDELA
Mandela – a strong brother…. and still going strong. Birthday Blessings.
Nelson Mandela is a survivor and pure greatness!I wish him a happy bday and much love! Al Sharpton I don’t believe nothing you have to say.You are too old to be playing games.SMH. A STROKE IS NO JOKE AND I HOPE EVERYONE IS TAKING CARE OF THEIR HEALTH.
Happy B’Day!!! I have his book but I have yet to read it. I will though his book and Barack’s book I hope to read before the Summer is over.. I don’t trust AL never have never will.
To celebrate 90 years of age is a blessing!!!
SOUTH AFRICANS ROCK!!….HAPPY BDAY NELSON
How miraculous. Nelson Mandela is celebrating 90 years of life. Much success and continued blessings to the man who brought change into the lives of so many others.
Amy doesn’t deserve to perform on that stage, she would completely dishonor him. This event is something that is to be taken very seriously, it is not one of those occasions where she can disrespect her audience with a bad performance, filled with drunkard stupidty, and getting “high.” Or where she can get her kicks with slur calling (the video). This is Nelson Mandela, we’re talking about. She needs to be completely healed inside and out before she can get on that stage (It can’t be temporary like the grammy’s where she got “clean,” won her awards, then went back to her old ways). I heard about her recent diagnosis, this girl seriously needs help, and it’s not going to take a week to fix that. I’ll pray for her, but she can’t perform at that event. Just my full honest opinion. For some reason I have a strong conviction about this subject, and I just feel that she doesn’t promote Mandela’s message.
I’m floored! I hope I’m that able at 90 (God Willing)! Wow.
Happy Birthday Mandela!!
DAMN Happy birthday Mr Mandela. A pioneer and a strog black leader of so many in South Africa.
That said, I love Amy Winehouse, but I find it wholly inappropriate to have her performing for his birthday.
The Feds probing into Al Sharpton`s charity finances is proof that you should never trust a brother with a perm.
The Feds probing Al Sharpton`s charity finances is proof that you should never trust a black man with a perm.
They are doing to Sharpton what they do to every black male politician/activist/public figure that is the target of the season. I pray AL comes out clean because I am sure that they will try to corrupt and twist things in the most negative way possible to degrade him. Al I wish you the best, I’m sure your stance in the Bell case has nothing to do with this( yeah right), can you say retaliation for standing up and not being in your “place”.
@ 22 I completely agree with you. As for Madiba (his nickname), Happy Birthday! I don’t have heros but Mandela is my inspiration.
I’m South African so I am very proud to see this post. God has truely blessed this man with a long and prosperous life. It’s not normal for a male to live past 65 nowadays but he’s on his 90th Birthday, what a blessing!
Happy Birthday Mr. Nelson. I played this man in the 5th grade. WOW time really does fly by.
yays happy birthday mandiba!!
im soooo happy i got the chance to meet you.
i swore you werent that tall..anyways, like your reading this happy bday and many more!!
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SOUTH AFRICANS ROCK!!….HAPPY BDAY NELSON
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You said it girl!!!!…. We are the bommm!!!
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@ 22 I completely agree with you. As for Madiba (his nickname), Happy Birthday! I don’t have heros but Mandela is my inspiration.
I’m South African so I am very proud to see this post. God has truely blessed this man with a long and prosperous life. It’s not normal for a male to live past 65 nowadays but he’s on his 90th Birthday, what a blessing!
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You said it right! I am south african too and Madiba is my inspiration…… And indeed he has truelly walked a long way to freedom….. Happy birthday Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela!!!!!!… You look good at 90!!
How I wish I could be present at those celebrations. Hope all goes well.
Happy Birthday in advance Tata Madiba.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MANDELA !
Wish you the best things and May God bless you!
Stay blessed!
Happy Late B-Day Mandela!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
I’m going to the concert, I’m going to the concert, I’m going to the concert *sighs happily* Mandela is an iconic legend and we are honoured to have him here in London celebrating his bday.
Although, it would be great if he intervened with the dreadful situation in Zimbabwe as he’s an international influential figure
HAPPY BIRTHDAY FATHER NELSON, ITS BEEN A LONG WALK TO FREEDOM BUT SO WORTH THE JOURNEY. TO SEE SOUTH AFRICA AS A TESTIMONY OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT. WHEN WE OFFER OURSELVES AS SERVANTS OF THE RIGHTEOUS NO MAN, GOVERNMENT OR SYSTEM OF HATE AND DEGRADATION SHALL STAND BEFORE US. THANK YOU FOR GIVING YOUR LIFE FOR SO MANY. IT IS BECAUSE OF WE ARE FREE AND I THANK YOU!
from one African to the another, thank you!
He is a great player. I just heard that he was dating a girl on ..B l a c k c entu r y.c ccom it is a free inter-racial dating club. Lots of singles there.
I can’t believe that man is 90 YEARS OLD. They need to clone him!
And for all you youngins talkinbout how 40 and 50 is old, this should be your wake-up call.
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You are so right! They are after him big time and to say he shook the companies down for the donations, that’s just messed up!! I do have a question, when things go off balance for the people of black america; are we suppose to say dang that not right or is it good that someone’s their to challenge it? I’ll take having a Sharpton, yeah even a brother with a perm, somebody’s got to do it. We can’t get to comfortable, we can’t not challenge ignorance and prejudices. Dang, now I know am getting old!!! God bless!!
Still going strong 90 years later- that’s very rare in this day in age, i know stevie will be there to led the bday song Happy Birthday
Sharpton – i hope they don’t find anything -the last thing we need is another leader going down
Happy Birthday Mandela (for 18th July)!!
I’ll be watching the concert on Friday!
Wow Happy Birthday to Nelson Madela!!
aaaaaaaaah @ Sharpton, they investigate him like clock work every few years anyway, this is nothing new…. lmao at the lunacy of Sharpton shaking down a company as if any white owned board directed company would allow themselves to be subjected to a shake down by a black man…. well now that I think about it I guess Sharpton is the black man that can bring attention to any special interest issues that company may be hiding..lol.. hmmmmm
Long live Madiba!
Amy Winehouse should not be allowed to perform at the event that will honor Mandela.She is the typical white music artist, who bites black people`s music and smiles in black people`s face and pretends to be their friend and hides the traces of racism that lurks within her.Black people beware,Kanye,Common,etc,etc,every white music artist that smiles in your face and wants to collaborate with you, on a new song is not your friend.Don`t let the smile fool you.I`m tired of white artists who bite our sound and win a ton of Grammys and the black artists who create the hot music,that everybody steals,get shut out like India Airie.No wonder Amy Winehouse is a drug addict, because anybody who is fake and pretends to be one thing on the outside and hide what they really are on the inside, basically pretending and fooling people and sorry to say even fooling alot of black people into believing that she is something that she is not, would have to escape into drugs to get away from, the guilt and painful reality that she is a fraud.
happy birthday mandela…wishing you many more to come.
and Thank you for all that you have done for us
Nelson Mandela has never done anything for black people in America at all and the only thing that he’s done for the South Africans is be a puppet leader and act as mediator between the caucasians and the indigenous peoples. He is a worshipper of Jahbulon and he came out of prison as a shill for the Oppenheimers. He reads his script very well.
WASSUP FRAT!!!
Judah you have issues!! Show me the evidence please!
Show you the evidence of what? No one comes out of prison after 27 years and is installed directly into a prominent position in any government unless they are reading from a script sis. I hate to break it to you but the man is a shill and if pressed to ask any black American what the man did for his people, none of you could answer. As far as him being a believer and worshipper of Jahbulon, you have to read “Codex Magica” by Texe Marrs. It’s common sense though, no disrespect. Any country where the people have been systematically broken down by the caucasian man and woman and a leader of the indigenous people is put forth as a mediator is obviously a country that is still in the hands of the caucasian. Mandela has been compromised and probably always was.
Shut up Judah!!! And go sit at a dark corner so no one can see you skinny ass!!
Happy bday Madiba!!
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