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It is regarded as something of an honour to have a species of organism named after you. To have a genus named after you is even more of an honour because new genera are less often named than new species. However, an even greater honour is to have a family named after you because new families are rarely created. Valdés & Gosliner (1999) honoured Nelson Mandela by naming a genus and family of seaslug (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) after him. Mandelia mirocornata has only been recorded along the coast line of the Cape Peninsula.

Lifting up the World with a Oneness Heart Award presented by the Sri Chinmoy organisation

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1999

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Humanitarian Award presented to Mr Mandela by Dr Leon R Tarver (2nd) President Southern University and the Agricultural and M College System

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1999

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

City Council of Nairobi presented Mr Mandela with the Coat of Arms

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1999

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Bob Marley Award presented by the Caribbean Heritage Association

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1999

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Nelson Mandela Foundation opened in 1999 as Mr Mandela’s office when he retired as president

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1999

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Until 2006 it focused on supporting a wide range of projects dear to Mr Mandela’s heart. In 2004 the Foundation established the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory & Dialogue to promote Mr Mandela’s legacy. It contains an archive about the life and work of Mr Mandela which also attempts to provide links to the many other archival references to him and a Dialogue programme which seeks to foster Mr Mandela’s spirit of community and humanity in bringing people together to discuss a range of crucial issues facing South Africa and the world

Nelson Mandela High School in Libreville

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1999

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

The school was established in 1987 and renamed to Nelson Mandela High School by President Omar Bongo Ondimba in 1999 after Mandela visited Gabon

Listed on the Time Magazine's 100 most influential people of the 20th century

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1999

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Cruz and Souza Medallion Award from the Govenrment of Brazil

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January 1999

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

International Peace Award from the United Nations Association of Australia

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1999

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Award given to Mr Mandela for the 21st Anniversary

United Nations Association of Australia

Honorary Associate of Arts Degree from the Seattle Central Community College

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1999

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Associate of Arts Degree from Seattle Central Community College, USA

Seattle Central Community College

Order of Prince Yaroslav The Wise from Kiev

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25 November 1998

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Patron of the Endangered Species Protection Unit (ESPU) of the South African Police Service

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20 November 1998

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Award in Recognition of his Contribution to Democracy, Human Rights and Freedom by the Supreme Council of Sports in Africa

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19 November 1998

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Order of Merit in the Class of Collar from the Government of Chile

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12 November 1998

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Award of Human Dignity was presented by Jose Sulaiman, President of the World Boxing Council at its 36th annual convention in Midrand, South Africa

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1 October 1998

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Companion of the Order of Canada by the Governor General of Canada on behalf of the Queen

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24 September 1998

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Highest honour bestowed by Canada. Mandela was the first foreigner to receive it

Congressional Gold Medal, presented in Congress by Bill Clinton to Mandela

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23 September 1998

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

This item includes the bronze medal that is a duplicate of the Nelson Mandela Congressional Gold Medal. It is a coin description.

Reverse
Features compass points and a decorative spindle in the upper center of the medal. Children linked together encircle the upper border.

Obverse
Features a portrait of Nelson Mandela.

Honorary Doctorate from Harvard University, Boston

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18 September 1998

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Nelson Mandela Park in the City of Montreal

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14 September 1998

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Doctorate of Civil Law from the University of Mauritius

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11 September 1998

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

President Mandela laid a foundation stone at the Nelson Mandela Centre for African Culture at La Tour Koenig in Pointe-aux-Sables

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10 September 1998

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Patron of the Millenium Project of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC)

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September 1998

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Portrait of himself painted by Yolanda Prinsloo-Phillips, a Washington-based South African studying fine arts in Stellenbosch

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1 September 1998

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

One of the new stone cornices in the Cathedral of St John the Divine, New York is being carved for the west wing is an angel with the face of Mandela

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1 September 1998

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Order of the Star of Jerusalem bestowed by Yasser Arafat

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11 August 1998

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Ushuaia

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23 July 1998

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Degree from the Federal University of Pernambuco

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22 July 1998

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

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22 July 1998

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Companion of the Order of The Star of Ghana from the Government of Ghana

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July 1998

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Chris Hani Peace Award at the 10th National Congress of the South African Communist Party

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1 July 1998

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

FIFA Order of Merit in recognition of Mr Mandela's efforts to reconcile South Africans

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July 1998

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City and County of Cardiff

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16 June 1998

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Award for Human Values from Guru Sri Ravi Shankar, Founder and President of the Art of Living Foundation

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7 June 1998

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Doctorate from the University of Zululand

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30 May 1998

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Gift of the Earth Award from the World Wildlife Fund -South Africa (WWF-SA)

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29 May 1998

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Award of Honour from the Dominican Republic

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30 April 1998

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Doctoral Degree from the University of South Australia, conferred by the former Chancellor the Honourable Dr Basil Hetzel Acat the University of Fort Hare

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23 April 1998

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

This award recognised Mr Mandela's commitment to empowerment through education

Patron of the Global Business Council on HIV/AIDS

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12 January 1998

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Nelson Mandela Clinic of the CHISA Children's Fund for Southern Africa

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1998

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Award from Soka Gakkai International

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1998

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav bestowed by the King of Norway

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1998

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Degree in Laws from the University of Pretoria

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4 December 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary doctorate Doctor of Laws from the University of Pretoria

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4 December 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Award conferring an honorary Doctor of Laws upon Mr Mandela, South Africa

University of Pretoria

Mandela Family Museum, 8115 Vilakazi Street, Orlando

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29 November 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Cape Town

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27 November 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Freedom of the City of Cape Town

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27 November 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Award conferring the Freedom of Cape Town, South Africa

City of Cape Town

Freedom of the City of Edinburgh

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27 October 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Collar of the Nile, the highest order in Egypt, from President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt

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21 October 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Presidential Citation for his outstanding dedication and contributions to the field of public health from the American Public Health Association

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14 October 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Degree in Philosophy from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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19 September 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Patron-in-Chief at the celebrations of the 75th Jubilee of the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand

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1 August 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Patron of the XVII International Congress of Vexillology

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23 July 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Framed poem "Nelson Mandela Free at Last" by Kenneth Carter

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23 July 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Liberal Arts from Chulalongkorn University

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17 July 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary doctorate from Chulalongkorn University

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17 July 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Award conferring an Honorary doctorate in Liberal Arts upon Mr Mandela from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Chulalongkorn University

Freedom of the City of Oxford

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11 July 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Life's Warrior Award to President Nelson Mandela in recognition of his lifelong efforts championing the causes of others, from the Holyfield Foundation

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7 July 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Life's Warrior Award from the Holyfield Foundation

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7 July 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Award naming Mr Mandela as the recipient of the Life's Warrior Award from the Holyfield Foundation in Fairburn, USA

Holyfield Foundation

Freedom of the City of Boksburg

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26 June 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Pierre de Coubertin Fair Play Award

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25 June 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

The award is named after the founder of the modern Olympic movement. It was conferred by the International Olympic Committee Member Louis Guirandou N'diaye, who was also acting president of the International Commiittee for Fair Play

Co-Patron of the One Globe - One Skate Tour, an anti-racism initiative in cooperation with the European Commission in the European Year Against Racism

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19 June 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

1997 Rotary Award for World Understanding for his significant contributions to world peace, human rights and freedom from Rotary International

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17 June 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

1997 Rotary Award for World Understanding from Rotary International

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17 June 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Award conferring the 1997 Rotary Award for World Understanding upon Mr Mandela from Rotary International, UK

Rotary International Convention

International Humanitarian Award presented by the World Union for Progressive Judaism

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24 May 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Baker Avenue in Harare was renamed to Nelson Mandela Avenue

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19 May 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Naming a street after Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela in Harare

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19 May 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Certificate honoring Mr Mandela and naming a street after him in Harare, Zimbabwe

City Council of Harare

Freedom of the City of Bloemfontein

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16 May 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Pietermaritzburg from the Msunduzi Transitional Council

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25 April 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Freedom from the City of Pietermaritzburg/Msunduzi

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25 April 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Award conferring the Honourary Freedom of the Municipality of Pietermaritzburg/Msunduzi upon Mr Mandela from the Transitional Local Council, South Africa

Pietermaritzburg Msunduzi Transitional Local Council

Patron of "Sharing a Dream of Africa"

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14 March 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Patron of the Commonwealth Association of Museums

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14 March 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Patron of the Cape Town Minstrel Carnival Association

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12 March 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

International Freedom Award from National Civil Rights Museum

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12 March 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Patron of the Old Mutual Dreamfields School Challenge

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5 March 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Orchid was named after Mandela, the 'Paravanda Nelson Mandela' on the occasion of his visit to the National Botanical Garden in Singapore

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5 March 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

32nd Janpath Award and Stamp collection

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4 March 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Peace Village Nelson Mandela, south of Kigali was opened during the Pan African Conference

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3 March 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Knight of the Royal Order of the Seraphim from Sweden

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3 March 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of the Philippines

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2 March 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary doctorate Doctor of Laws from the University of the Philippines

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2 March 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Doctor of Laws conferred upon Mr Mandela, Philippines

University of the Philippines

Movie 'Mandela and De Klerk', directed by Joseph Sargent and with Sidney Poitier and Michael Cane

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16 February 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

The movie focusses on the final years of Mandela's imprisonment and his negotiations with the government

Award recognizing Mr. Mandela as an Honoree at the 5th Annual Recognition Dinner of the African American Male Achiever’s Network inc.

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13 February 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Mandela as an Honoree at the 5th Annual Recognition Dinner of the African American Male Achiever’s Network inc

Honoree at the 5th Annual Recognition Dinner from the African-American Male Achievers Network, Inc.

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13 February 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Award recognizing Mr Mandela as an honoree at the 5th Annual Recognition Dinner from the African-American Male Achievers Network Inc. In Los Angeles, USA

African-American Male Achievers Network, Inc. (A-Man, Inc.)

Patron of the Life Institute (L'Institut de la Vie)