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One million copies of the seven comic strips describing Mandela's life were published in South Africa. That was a part of events celebrating his birthday on July 18.
South Africa's first black president Nelson Mandela became a comic strip hero at once. "This project aims at encouraging young people to read," hisfoundation (基金会) said.
"We express theand the values of Mr Mandela through comics," added John Samuel, chief executive(决策者) of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, "Comics are a very useful way of bringing young people into reading.”
"Comics,, are a very powerful way to introduce literature(文学),various aspects of reading to young people. And this is our purpose here," he told a news conference.
Some peoplethat Mr Mandela should not be a comic figure. "It would take a lot more than comics to demean his stature (贬低他的声望)," said Samuel.
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