This bust of Nelson Mandela stands next to the Royal Festival Hall. It was created by Ian Walters in 1982 and was installed on this site in 1985. It was destroyed by fire in 1986 and had to be recast, It has also been attacked and damaged. After Nelson Mandela was released in 1990, he sat in person for Walters who produced another statue which can be seen in London’s Parliament Square.
