Encounters with Madiba
As South Africa and the world mark the 100th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s birth, I am reposting a piece I wrote on the occasion of his death in 2013. I never met Nelson Mandela personally but our paths crossed remotely, just like the paths of millions of people the world over have crossed with the man’s, in particular as they now mourn his passing and celebrate his accomplishments. In my case, the encounters were three. In the early 1990s, I became interested in scenario-p