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Happy Birthday, Nelson Mandela!
July 18, 2018
MJ and Nelson Mandela

“Madiba,” as he was known to his people, would have been 100 today. In 1996, Michael attended the South African president’s birthday party on a break from the HIStory world tour.

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Michael Jackson and Nelson Mandela in South Africa July 1996
Michael Jackson with President Nelson Mandela in 1999. Michael donated 1 million rand to the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund that year.
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Michael Jackson and Nelson Mandela
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