Mandela's Body Arrives in Hometown Village
Source: Voice of America
The body of late South African president Nelson Mandela has been taken to his ancestral home of Qunu, where on Sunday thousands of people will gather for his state funeral and burial.
Well-wishers waved flags and cheered on Saturday as a hearst carrying Mr. Mandela's flag-draped coffin made its way from the airport in Mthatha to the nearby village of Qunu.
VOA correspondent Scott Bobb was among those who saw the convoy pass. He says the mood was one of excitement and jubilation, tinged with sadness.
"Many of the people that I spoke to said they were just happy that he was coming home. Everywhere you turned, there was singing and dancing and just impromptu songs with his name in it, struggle songs with the anti-apartheid struggle. Songs that were adapted with his name inserted."...
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