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Walden on Heroes: Nelson Mandela

on BBC Two England

The series ends controversially as Brian Walden claims that Nelson Mandela does not deserve to be regarded as a hero.
While admiring Mandela's willingness to forgive, he feels history may condemn him for arrogance and ineptitude.
Mandela's incompetent terror campaign, he claims, actually helped to entrench the apartheid regime and that, as president, he has in a variety of ways failed his country.
Viewers can contact Brian Walden immediately after the programme through the home page on the BBC education web site at [web address removed]
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Brian Walden Questionnaire: p20

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Speaker:
Brian Walden
Director/Producer:
David Cox

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