Web dossier 'Nelson Mandela and the Netherlands'

The recently deceased Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) was an icon of our time and a symbol of the South African anti-apartheid struggle.

The IISH web dossier on the relation between Mandela and the Netherlands is mainly based on the collection of the Netherlands Institute for Southern Africa (NiZA), which includes the archives of the former Dutch anti-apartheid organizations.

The dossier draws attention to the imaging of Mandela in the Netherlands, the campaigns for his release and the various tributes to him in The Netherlands, a number of personal recollections by leading Dutch anti-apartheid activists, Mandela’s visits to The Netherlands and the Mandela-related archival records, a selection of Mandela posters and other materials in the collection of the IISH.