SINCE THE 100th anniversary of his birth last year the world has been busy celebrating Nelson Mandela. In December pop stars such as Beyonce, Jay-Z and Ed Sheeran appeared at a "Mandela 100" concert in Johannesburg. In February a museum exhibition curated by his family foundation began its global tour in London. A month earlier viewers of "Icons", a British TV show, voted Madiba, the clan name by which he is affectionately known in South Africa, as the greatest figure of the 20th century. Yet at the same time as being feted abroad, his legacy is being rethought at home. Prompted by the persistence of inequality and economic hardship, some young South Africans are questioning whether the late president did enough to emancipate black people economically. "There's a growing sense of anti-Mandela," says Eugene Dhlamini, a 29-year-old from Soweto. "As our generation studies history we are making up our own minds about the decisions he made." Some feel Madiba made too many concessions to whites during the time of democratic transition.
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