The day now since that announcement and Nelson Mandelas house. He was taking to the streets in south africa to pay tribute to nelson and get out. Indeed the state they were still trying to come to terms with the death of disco boogie death not they say theyve accepted teased and not the umpiring to carry him now we know that he will be getting on the fifteenth of this and that in his hometown of london. What would happen on the latin from the heavens to the thirteenth. Hes one one nineteen states in pretoria. And on the tenth of peace and that it will be a national day of mourning and this sunday the eighth of december. It will be a national day of prayer and reflection isnt a consumer has called on South Africans to use this day to reflect on the night of nelson and data what he has made two South Africans and one he has made to the wolves. Soak the announcement was made last night this morning people were still coming to tennis not be getting to be any the father of the nation the cities and spontaneous gathering taking place across the traffic as they seem to matter is that outside london is full again. Shes off to the announcement was made last night people brings to mind Dennis Howlett it hadnt yet in japan is good to go and pay tribute to some of the people even to small children to go and take the handmade cards and sam were handwritten cards including abu alis and instead paid to the tune awesome and data. But snow and happenings in japan instead. For instance this evening. A st evening off track and song on the grand debate. Now that the rate hes very significant because youve made the call the february nineteen ninety when the sun and got up walked out of that because the staff present as if the mag defence case that she winks as if the man was to the balcony on the land conveyed on the steps of the city pool and that hes way he made his first speech as if the matter on this beach that i can be demanded that the stock to twenty six people. I stand here and not as a prophet of the people as a servant of the few people and that just goes to show what a humble Kristen Nelson died and the wise was interesting to see how terrible we need is a city devotees people from all walks of life across the world will pay to the tune awesome and data they like and he with everything that was good and great and jt was such a humble person. It is mounted police unit and a hand spanking scene very much but that wasnt an awesome and has dedicated his life to find twenty supremacy and pasty. The became synonymous with protection and segregation in the country well why didnt he the apartheid rule aimed at maintaining my ninety one dollars bill by afrikaans on existing british colony new rules. Explains. Paradise was officially born in nineteen forty eight years with the election victory of the African International patchy. The divided south African Society into four races White Black College and asian. Segregation is applied in all walks of life. Places such as beaches cinemas and hotels were largely reserved for whites. Max went on to lead to bowls or own property and plays areas. Many black people were reset them contain reservations known to spend just as the government granted independence to four of them. It can use this independence is stripping many black South Africans of their citizenship. However south africas until stream and commercial needs require workforce which resulted in many families being separated meanwhile workers finding to that end chips. Once insisted in terrible conditions. It was at a terrible system of family life. He seemed to get there and what happened to the back. What is in the mind to all taken and living in hostels on the site the mind well the comedies where hundreds of miles away back into routine girl was eating it. The government used a vast Security Apparatus to uphold the high price. Blacks were forced to use passes in order to go about their everyday business. Resistance was ruthlessly suppressed the government into his soul reforms in the nineteen eighties. But it was not until the election as president of Nelson Mandela in nineteen ninety four. Its pernicious cricket south African Society was gone forever. Went into the rest of the world today some extreme together for tea africa need is his agent and prices for jake. We took this on security and economic issues. Especially reason and that is causing some shopping proceedings. Five of the president ial easing how its defined as hans monsters participants observed minutes silence in may divas memory meant it was in fact matron of honor of the summit the thing is guests during the evening session present slowdown is to say about the campaign against apartheid. Its only been on the bead up. This week Nelson Mandela is not with us anymore. Hes made two trips on. He continues to inspire new generations. Its not that awesome talk to who left you. Nelson mandela will always be the bigger the men and women fighting for the rights we unite around silly you want to. Come on this which i now while french politics at a time of penitence i met some friends luckily thank you for being with us. Constant to take charge of its kind security situation in respect of the relationship between france and africa. But the president hopes to see in the very near future he called all the African Leaders to come to paris discussed above. Peace and security that was the focus of the post or section that just ended is also going to be discussions about the development of protecting the environment tomorrow but kiely of the pirates before the french is to call upon the opera in to take security into their own hands and this in the very concrete way should be the creation of an African Rapid Reaction Force that has been in discussion for years and the french are really hoping to see it become operational in two thousand and fifteen and all the African Leaders have said yes this isnt a bad year but weve heard that story before and the ques is always a question of financing and the means and of training the french have promised that they would train up to twenty thousand african troops every year so theyre hoping to get the treatments will show that africa can take matters into its own and to also show that france was intervening in africa and molly recently and just as we speak in the Central African republic. It is not for new cool numerous reasons but then in the knesset essentially sorry to the inside the africans to really take matters into their own and by following the example of the french troops or their two tries to fight instability but then well head back home. This puzzle as it sets us on the money it spends. Well of it that the french consider it a good lesson. Thats what they did in mali was worth it and that they really were able to retell the its troops from obama cool and hoping that they will settle eyes the reason that the region and theyre hoping that they will do this in the Central African republic however weve seen this in libya sometimes. Whats you. Its the happenings heavily as often as an intervention is instability and ironically the libby on what is happening especially the salt of the country is certainly going to be one of the less talked about focus is off that this meeting that theres a lot of concern in the region. Thats what happened and molly is creating havoc back in libya palin forcing that things seem very much. Thats when the sun three times in a packed house and care for special edition of the defeat of soft power in anything so for the knotty a sharpie in the newsroom. And stay on topic. Welcome to the cost and get to be in the news came in many of africas leaders were already on routes here to parents or are already in the french capital at the opening of the that says summer to that song africa first thoughts were of course announcement though mandela had been retired from politics for a decade and that his tales unique certainly dont expect any of the current crop of leaders to fill the former South Africans shoes. What could be doing differently what his will his Lasting Legacy be the summit gathers to competing narratives for africa a vibrant resource rich continent with an up and coming economy. But with vast ways that are increasingly no go area its the summit in france. Former colonial power it was welcomed by the locals we returned to intervene in mali at the start of the year and is now putting boots on the ground in the Central African republic. His parents forever to be typecast as the sean bell the speech. But africans have reason to this challenge. Joining us for this special edition of the false been tested to date is the spokesperson for the French Foreign ministry to soften any welcome to the show. Welcome as well smith editor in chief of the africa reports. And joining us for a month during naptime duke university. And hes one of the commons preeminent intellectuals hashem and indy teaches that chinas birds. University of the rich waters of rounds your love one of her major works of the author of the tt to his own neck is being translated into english in the coming year. Critical plot critical of black reason the cost intensive eight week that when the conversation on facebook and twitter are constant effort to court today the death of Nelson Mandela pat smith was something that you ve been braced for a long time. News of the mandela watch when he stepped into a coma. Over the summer. Um yeah thats happened today. Again it again its a win when the morning began because behind all this media circus and was a circus. Nothing much to report on anymore. I thought maybe the emotion will be there but in fact it has been an emotional that i think its been much bigger than people think and if you think about every comparable around the world that governments have been rushing out to all tributes to mandela. From the politicians to musicians to the art is to the right is to Civil Servants around the world really there is no other figo on the planet. Since the advent of mobile communications who can match that of the week weve seen the likes of mind that i think in a way maybe we went to like him again in the sense of unity. We have a universal appeal. The flight but just as the fight against oppression. He encapsulated it in a way that few could do because of school. He gave twenty seven years of his life in jail for this and that he was prepared to give his entire life for this he did it. Im having done that uncommon and coming out the other end. He had a mole flower tea that none of this good match said in a slumping to be free to blog about the bomb them in the new post the black us president. But the fact that mandela gave up so much to get what he gallops and to achieve what he achieved. I dont think its easy to be called in our lifetime and thats why weve had this incredible outpouring around the world stops me from the moment it has been an incredible outpouring of pauls think its marc perlman is covering africa summit that is taking place. Marc. Youve covered many summit before. You really get a sense that this one is different in that regard. They instantly became a difference. Overnight then kaylee. Maybe but so has been hanging over this the summit which was supposed to discuss very concrete the issues like you know peace and security peace. You know in development and peace and climate change. However now itll change though because suddenly you had to have the head of the year ahead of the South African delegation make a speech in which the mysticism of the head of the African Union peace commission. And so clearly this was the surprise since some delegates were telling him the core doors that a new way. The death of mandela pushed aside many of the debates that were supposed to take place here honestly no one was complaining about that and everyone what was sad but simply the french did not expect this to happen the defense doesnt pay tribute to mandela of the flats were at house mouse and we use the giant pictures of mandela inside the abc palace which sadly never happened before for a foreign leader. And so there was a lot of emotion but vivian that this since this was really something that was not expected and by the french authorities that so carefully prepare for this major major summits. Thanks for that marc perlman their reporting from the summit. She and a day a week and there. Oh we do not have mentioned and a renault hoped to restore that the connection with the man in a moment. The softer any whats also been interesting is that some of the discussion in the bin weve been speaking to the two delegations to be there is this friday so that some of the discussion has been. About what mandela means it has been the historical. Its like going out. What happened in the past you suddenly realize that with the passing Nelson Mandela that. Its also time for reflection on how the world has changed since the era of apartheid and since that era because we are its that the us. He would do was a great monday was a great fight the leaflet for credo. The ppt couple tight the two was also the states mom. And we choose. At the pump off the reconciliation mostly french. In his mystical beans peas and seek to retain the its exactly at the end of the summit this week from now when its this mental peace and security in Africa Andrew greig will be of course we wont be overshadowing those issues we will be talking about some of the other bread and butter issues was here first. Some of the tributes to mandela ahead of the summit in paris by some of those leaders the pic of me and a couple africa has lost a giant today is from episode one its not just africa that its offering an immense loss for one and two. Its the whole world this summer because i think an awesome monday that it can be considered as one of the greatest political thinkers of the Twentieth Century inventions. The pink on the politicians. I could see from the Nelson Mandelas life was plenty of medicine in houston the campground to the generosity and education this amendment to the summits must succeed the summits most involves peace and security on the contents of this and i think thats the best tribute we can pay to describe mt Nelson Mandela to call them someday. When you see a bonus cd of togo has come out of burkina faso saying that. And those given him lessons. What would put lessons he thinking i wonder how id redo one and we know you looking at people all along been operating a system which is a self perpetuating. Died the ceilings of the over the misty or actually represented to nest in the room in our own lifetime i wonder that kind of democracy that nine dentist is full the intrusion into tears and since i left. I dont think thats pretty reflective in either of those two need is political careers but i think if it goes beyond that its not just listen to politicians is the lesson two two two citizens across the whole continent and beyond africa the principals them all authority and as you say that the principles of sceptics. I am and the South African idea of them go into that snap together unite says we owe mall and we need each other to make the human being call them and thats very much in mind that always resisted this customization of the struggle that was just one individual running the struggle fall from it he said you know its cold the all the people behind me and you always pay in a copious tribute to people i know walt is assumed. Who well you know he regarded them as his tenure genuine mentors from fisher is on at the same thing. I think its a different sort of lesson is that its done. Theres a philosophical power and more men than it did that hes going right across the continent is not just in the often says of the few politicians in the way africa perceives itself and often will you know hes a towering historical figure the like of which no consonants not even india with them auckland and he can really compete with and i think that tells gives us a lesson about what africas people will be eighteen in the current age and we look for instance he comes into office after this period it was oppressive regime. He manages to reach across the aisle and come up with the system. It is a truth and reconciliation commission. And and soft is able to to redefine itself chris is out of egypt for instance was unable to do the same thing when they toppled the long term stronger. It is amazing that so many countries around around africa and beat around the world including egypt he said today is the activist and say why dont we have a truth and reconciliation commission. Its all africa can do this why do we have to go through these massacres and killings. Trustee on the mau mau barons than under the grief is honest regime and now wonder that the return of them in a tray mig and south africas become this Reference Point leo would emphasize the point i think its very much. The South African system which mandela represents and he is to force the personality he rolled it into being. But his own political demise asian African National congress made a point of using him as the face of those values of reconciliation of negotiation and political progress and i guess thats his is an open plan and use it because those tributes from heads of state resonating will be on the african continent. I am one of the countless millions who drew inspiration from Nelson Mandelas life. But his words in his writings the day he was released from prison. He gave me a sense of what human beings can do when they are guided by the popes by their fears. Unlike so many around the globe. I cannot fully imagine my life without the example the Nelson Mandela south. So long. As i live i will do what i can learn from him. Go to the United States eschewed been d