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U.S. senator Obama visits former Mandela prison at start of African tour.

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| August 20, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

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Byline: CLARE NULLIS

The only black member of the U.S. Senate started a two-week tour of Africa on Sunday with a visit to Nelson Mandela's former prison island, paying tribute to the "incredible courage, resilience and hopefulness" of the anti-apartheid movement.

Senator Barack Obama, one of the Democratic party's rising stars who is often mentioned as a possible future president, said the two-hour visit to Robben Island made him realize that everyday worries in the United States were "fairly trivial stuff compared to the very elemental, basic struggle" of Mandela and other former inmates.

"It humbles you," he said…

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