100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF NELSON MANDELA
SATURDAY 13 OCTOBER 11:00AM - 3:00PM
Celebrate the 100 year anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s birth and South Africa’s ‘long walk to freedom’ at Newarke Houses with an exhibition of art, crafts and photographs, an adult lecture and free children’s crafts
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NELSON MANDELA COMMUNITY PROGRAMME
T: 0116 225 4980 FOR MORE INFORMATION
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