Former US President, Barack Obama has delivered a lecture in South Africa in celebration of Nelson Mandela, the former President of that country who would have turned 100 years old today.
Before delivering a moving speech in South Africa on July 17, ahead of International Nelson Mandela Day, Barack Obama let loose in Kenya doing a little dance and shooting hoops with schoolkids. He casually showed off a few dance moves while visiting a youth center from his half-sister Auma Obama’s Sauti Kuu Foundation. His step-grandmother Sarah, 96, joined in on the fun, People reports.
Obama’s visit to Kenya marked his first trip to his late father’s homeland since his presidency.
In his speech, Obama took “strongman politics” to task saying that the world was in need of leaders like Mandela.
“I believe in Nelson Mandela’s vision. I believe in a vision shared by Gandhi and King and Abraham Lincoln. I believe in a vision of equality, justice, freedom and multi-racial democracy, built on the premise that all people are created equal,” Obama said during his speech to a 15,000 -strong crowd in Johannesburg.
He did also squeeze in some dancing into his South African schedule. He was seen doing a jive with Mandela’s widow Graca Machel and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during a performance by local artist Thandiswa Mazwai.
