Meeting Nelson Mandela in Prison | Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool | Episode 02

Who knew Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool has a degree in English Literature?! And that his Honours in Literary Criticism was interrupted only by his imprisonment for his anti-Apartheid activism? Well, academia’s loss is the nation’s gain: Ebrahim Rasool went on to become the Western Cape Premier in 2004, and later, in 2010, SA Ambassador to the US during Barack Obama’s presidency. During his time there he was also a Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School for Foreign Service. Around this time that degree came in handy: he authored a book, Living Where We Don’t Make The Rules: A Guide for Muslim Minorities (Claritas Print, 2023). In November 2023 he was appointed chairperson of the Development Bank of South Africa, and is the founder of the World For All Foundation, an organisation actively reimagining the strategies needed to build a world of peaceful coexistence that celebrates diversity.