U.S. first Black woman billionaire Oprah Winfrey fulfilled her $40 million promise to Mandela; now she has made an unexpected move with the girls’ academy
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In 2002, American media icon Oprah Winfrey met former South African President Nelson Mandela to discuss poverty and education as a way to tackle social inequality. Drawing on her experience growing up poor in the American South, she promised to build a school for young women. She fulfilled that promise and has now decided to transfer ownership of the academy to the South African government.
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