Barack Obama

He is known for it...



His sculpture was inspired by L Ron Hubbard’s statement: "From Southern Africa will spring the next great civilization on this planet..." and Nelson Mandela’s work with children, his attitude towards our young achievers and the joy he expresses in their achievements.

His dance, the "Madiba Jive", symbolized for the artist this joy, which itself is inspiring and is what communicates the "Madiba Magic" that he is so well known for.

http://www.thetastudios.co.za/madiba-magic-nelson-mandela-statue.html


When Mandela was running for the presidency in 1994, he knew that symbols mattered as much as substance. He was never a great public speaker, and people often tuned out what he was saying after the first few minutes. But it was the iconography that people understood. When he was on a platform, he would always do the toyi-toyi, the township dance that was an emblem of the struggle. But more important was that dazzling, beatific, all-inclusive smile.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024143721