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People of south of ka. one of the great forces for freedom and equality. hes a good man and will be missed and his contributions will live on forever. colin powell states it simply, a great man left us today and went to his reward. nelson den dell la, madiba inspired the world. i was privileged to know him. with us richard strangle, former time managing editor and author of "mandelas way, lessons of life and courage." we talked about what happens now in terms of the funeral. there is a whole t...

Believe this happened. i mean, you saw it all, whites and blacks -- >> tremendous, tremendous courage because it was such a -- >> boss cap which is like boss ship. >> right, so every -- i mean, even you still see it today but every african person in south africa would call a white person boss and move to the side of the street or off the sidewalk when people came around but the the separated families, the separated people over generat n generations who didnt get educated, didnt see their childre...

To his colleagues, maybe we should reconsider how were fighting this struggle because it was mostly peaceful in the beginning and this idea should it become more combative, more violent? when we came out of prison, quoted and said to the people now throw away your guns and knives and gather them up and throw them into the sea. so he did go through this amazing transformation. >> at many times in his life, many transformations, donna brazil is squining us. donna, you met him and spent time with h...

Troublemaker. >> i love that. >> its so -- >> that was his birth name, troublemaker was extraordinary. >> when i started working with him, i never, ever heard anyone call him nelson. at the same time, he wasnt president yet. i heard people use his clan name modiba. it shows his background and its paternal and just stuck. so thats -- everybody called him modiba. >> the courage it took in the 50s, the 60s, this regime that attempted to have absolute control. its hard i think for anybody who didnt ...

>> i dont regret it because the things that i did were things that pleased my soul, so i dont regret it. >> reporter: a man who went looking back over his life, acknowledged that sacrificing his family life was for the greater good. >> thank you, thank you. my blessings. >> robin joins me again from outside mandelas home. lessons on life, love and courage and cnn political commentator and professor ogletree and the author of "mandela struggles and triumph triumphs." youve been friends with and t...