Shortly after Nelson Mandela’s release from prison in February 1990, a South African equivalent of We Are the World was recorded to celebrate Madiba’s freedom. But the song and the video sank without a trace. Here, for the first time, the video maker tells the secret history of The People Want Mandela and how it has been salvaged for generations to come.
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