That sale became harder on April 10, 1993, when a White supremacist assassinated Chris Hani, a beloved Black South African leader. They voted to replace it with Nkosi Sikelel iAfrika , a stately, soulful ballad favored by Black South Africans. Nontombi Naomi Tutu , a human rights activist, speaker and the daughter of Bishop Demond Tutu, the South African Nobel Peace Prize laureate. "They recognized that the dehumanization of Black South Africans had also led to the dehumanization of White South Africans," she says. What he and countless other South Africans did seems like a miracle today.

Source: CNN July 18, 2021 09:10 UTC