Capital of Brazil, Brasilia prepares to receive Mandela exhibition
The exhibition in honor of the centenary of birth of Nelson Mandela will be staged at the Itamaraty Palace, in Brasilia, from September 12 to October 7. The capital of Brazil will be the second city in the country to receive the exhibit. The national tour, carried out by the Brazil Africa Institute, have began in Fortaleza. 
The season in Fortaleza ended last August 12 with a great achievement: the exhibition received 19.974 people, becaming one of the most visited exhibits held at Dragão do Mar Cultural Center.
In 2018, the year of Nelson Mandela’s centenary, the international circuit of the exhibition has simultaneous assemblies in Brazil, Canada, Ireland and England. In London the opening was attended by the Dukes of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
“It was a magical moment in London with Harry and Meghan, we are anxious to see the exhibition now leaving Fortaleza and going to Brasilia so that all this emotion will continue through Brazil,” says the curator and director of the Apartheid Museum, Christopher Till. 
The exhibition is curated by the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg, South Africa, and was conceived in 2008. It has already passed through France, Sweden, United States, Ecuador, Argentina, Peru and Luxembourg, reaching an audience of more than one million people. The exhibition presents Mandela’s life divided into six phases: “The Person,” “The Comrade,” “The Leader,” “The Prisoner,” “The Negotiator,” and “The Man of State.” Photos and videos build on the narrative from the start of Mandela’s activism against the racist regime of the South African government, to his 27 years in prison, the victory of the Nobel Peace Prize until the election as the first black president of South Africa.
“Brazilians are responding very well to the exhibition and seeing the excitement here has a great impact on all of us who work on this project. Now the exhibition will have the chance to engage another region of the country with the message of Mandela, an international icon that deserves to be celebrated once again” says Christopher Till.
