The Nelson Mandela National Museum is one of the largest tourist attractions in Soweto, South Africa. It is a museum made out of the former house of Nelson Mandela, and is filled with his personal artifacts. Long-time residents of Soweto give tours, showing the various items that belonged to Mandela to visitors and explaining the facts and stories about them.
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“It is the space inside that gives the drum its sound.”
—Hawaiian saying no. 1189, ‘lelo No’Eau, collected, translated, and annotated by Mary Kawena Pukui, Bishop Museum Press, Hawaii (1983)