tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11240643.post113104305240504077..comments2024-01-09T08:32:22.147+00:00Comments on Divulgando Banda Desenhada: Festivais, Salões BD e afins - Salão Internacional de Banda Desenhada do Porto - Evocação virtualGeraldes Linohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07901354878454996281noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11240643.post-1131318239838033072005-11-06T23:03:00.000+00:002005-11-06T23:03:00.000+00:00Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Mandela com...Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Mandela comics aim to get children reading<BR/> <BR/> Associated Press in Johannesburg<BR/> Saturday October 29, 2005<BR/> The Guardian <BR/><BR/><BR/> Nelson Mandela launched the first edition yesterday of a series of comic <BR/> books about his life aimed at encouraging young South Africans to read.<BR/> "You know you are really famous when becoming a comic character," the <BR/> 87-year-old joked at his Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg.<BR/> The nine books are part of a series of initiatives aimed at preserving Mr <BR/> Mandela's legacy. A million copies will be distributed free at schools and <BR/> in newspapers.<BR/> <BR/> Mr Mandela spent 27 years in prison for opposing white-minority rule and <BR/> became South Africa's first black president in 1994.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com