children had no idea what awaited them on the other side of the border. they had irrepressible hope that what was in south africa was better. there was a time when thought long before that when black children would not have thought south africa as a place to turn in a time of desperation. a country so bitterly divided on racial lines, one that so clearly pronounced one color superior to the other could not reasonably be considered a place of amnesty and safe harbor. these children leaving families in zimbabwe, walking on foot arriving in south africa that would help them. that is a testament to mandela's leg ski. he changed a nation. in so doing established a standard of decency and equality that remains a beacon to men and women all over the world, one whose lives unfold in the darkest of hours. while he will ever be known by his tribal name, madiba but he