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1、Bythetimeofhisdeath,Mandelahadcometobewidelyconsidered"thefatherofthenation"withinSouthAfrica,[361]and"thefoundingfatherofdemocracy",[362]beingseenas"thenationalliberator,thesaviour,itsWashingtonandLincolnrolledintoone".[363]Mandela'sbiographerAnthonySampsoncommentedthatevendurin
2、ghislife,amythhaddevelopedaroundhimthatturnedhiminto"asecularsaint"andwhichwas"sopowerfulthatitblurstherealities."[364]WithinadecadeaftertheendofhisPresidency,Mandela'serawasbeingwidelythoughtofas"agoldenageofhopeandharmony".[352]Acrosstheworld,Mandelaearnedinternationalacclaimfo
3、rhisactivisminovercomingapartheidandfosteringracialreconciliation,[344]comingtobeviewedas"amoralauthority"withagreat"concernfortruth".[365]Throughouthislife,Mandelahadalsofacedcriticism.MargaretThatcherattractedinternationalattentionfordescribingtheANCas"atypicalterroristorganisa
4、tion"in1987,[366];shelatercalledonBothatoreleaseMandela.[367]MandelahasalsobeencriticisedforhisfriendshipwithpoliticalleaderssuchasFidelCastro,MuammarGaddafi,AkbarHashemiRafsanjani,andSuhartoaswellashisrefusaltocondemntheirvarioushumanrightsviolations.[368][369]Orders,decorations
5、,andmonumentsMainarticle:ListofawardsandhonoursbestoweduponNelsonMandelaNelsonMandelaBridgeinJohannesburgNelsonMandelagraffitibyThierryEhrmannintheAbodeofChaosmuseum,FranceIn2004,JohannesburggrantedMandelathefreedomofthecity,[370]andtheSandtonSquareshoppingcentrewasrenamedNelsonM
6、andelaSquare,afteraMandelastatuewasinstalledthere.[371]In2008,anotherMandelastatuewasunveiledatGrootDrakensteinCorrectionalCentre,formerlyVictorVersterPrison,nearCapeTown,standingonthespotwhereMandelawasreleasedfromtheprison.[372]Hehasalsoreceivedinternationalacclaim.In1993,herec
7、eivedthejointNobelPeacePrizewithdeKlerk.[373]InNovember2009,theUnitedNationsGeneralAssemblyproclaimedMandela'sbirthday,18July,as"MandelaDay",markinghiscontributiontotheanti-apartheidstruggle.Itcalledonindividualstodonate67minutestodoingsomethingforothers,commemoratingthe67yearsth
8、atMandelahadbeenapartofthemovement.[374]
