Pioneers & Reformers
Nelson Mandela Bust
Made while Mandela was still a prisoner, this defiant bust was unveiled by Oliver Tambo as a demand for his release — five years before it came. Twice attacked in its early years, it was recast in bronze and has outlasted the regime that jailed him.
- Subject
- Nelson Mandela, then imprisoned on Robben Island
- Sculptor
- Ian Walters
- Unveiled
- 1985
- Material
- Bronze
- Location
- Royal Festival Hall, South Bank
- Area
- South Bank
