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Flipside Interview with Nelson Mandela via Jennifer Shaffer
An interview with Nelson Mandela on the Flipside on behalf of “Nelson Mandela Day” Happy birthday Mr. President!
Nelson Mandela — Google
(Excerpted from BACKSTAGE PASS TO THE FLIPSIDE 3: TALKING TO THE AFTERLIFE WITH JENNIFERSHAFFER BOOK THREE (Chapter 27)
Jennifer Shaffer and I in our usual table at a restaurant. We’ve been speaking to the flipside for about half an hour by this point with the help of our class moderator, Luana Anders. Examples of the kinds of interviews we conduct can be found at MartiniZone.com — in this excerpt from the book, my questions are in italics, the answers are in bold.
Luana is there anyone else we need to talk to today?
Jennifer listens, then makes a face.
Richard: Don’t judge it. What?
Jennifer: Nelson Mandela.
Nelson, welcome — I think we asked Nelson a question or two before — can you sit down and talk to us? What does he want to say?
I think there’s an anniversary coming up. (Note: It was on June 20th that he addressed US; June 22nd the UN; his birthday is July 18th)