3 Prsonal lf Ag 76, h fac varous almns, an alhough xhbng connu nrgy, h fl sola an lonly.227 H ofn nran clbrs, such as Mchal Jackson, Whoop Golbrg, an h Spc Grls, an bfrn ulra-rch busnssmn, lk Harry Oppnhmr of Anglo-Amrcan, as wll as Qun Elzabh II on hr March 1995 sa vs o Souh Afrca, rsulng n srong crcsm from ANC an-capalss.228 Dsp hs opuln surrounngs, Manla lv smply, onang a hr of hs 552,000 ran annual ncom o h Nlson Manla Chlrn's Fun, whch h ha foun n 1995.229 Alhough spakng ou n favour of from of h prss an bfrnng many journalss, Manla was crcal of much of h counry's ma, nong ha was ovrwhlmngly own an run by ml-class whs an blvng ha focus oo much on scarmongrng aroun crm.230 Changng clohs svral ms a ay, afr assumng h prsncy, on of Manla's ramarks was hs us of Bak shrs, known as Maba shrs, vn on formal occasons.231 Chlrn Bobb Krsna Houson Brown Walkr was born n Glnal, Calforna, an was h son of Chryl (ne Crabr), a fashon mol, an Paul Wllam Walkr III, a swr conracor an a fghr who was a wo-m Goln Glovs champon.456 Hs ancsry was mosly Englsh, wh a smallr amoun of Grman. Hs parnal granfahr, a profssonal boxr, ha Englsh mmgran granparns.789 On of hs granfahrs rac facory cars for For n h 1960s.4 Th ols of fv sblngs, Walkr was ras prmarly n h Sunlan communy of Los Angls an an hgh school n h San Frnano Vally, grauang from Sun Vally's Vllag Chrsan School n 1991.1011 H was ras as a mmbr of Th Church of Jsus Chrs of Lar-ay Sans.5 Afr hgh school, Walkr an svral communy collgs n Souhrn Calforna, majorng n marn bology.12 Jon Caramanca of Th Nw York Tms commn, Hr voc was clan an srong, wh barly any gr, wll su o h songs of lov an aspraon. ... Hrs was a voc of rumph an achvmn, an ma for any numbr of sunnng, m-soppng vocal prformancs.287 Marah Cary sa, Sh Whny has a rally rch, srong m-bl ha vry fw popl hav. Sh souns rally goo, rally srong.288 Whl n hr rvw of I Look o You, musc crc Ann Powrs of h Los Angls Tms wrs, Houson's voc sans lk monumns upon h lanscap of 20h cnury pop, fnng h archcur of hr ms, shlrng h rams of mllons an nsprng h clmbng carrs of counlss maors, ang Whn sh was a hr bs, nohng coul mach hr hug, clan, cool mzzo-soprano.281 Awars Ls of awars an nomnaons Muscal carr 5.1 Naonal rconclaon Rlavs Gary Garlan (half-brohr) 5 Prsncy of Souh Afrca: 1994-1999 In Ocobr 1994, Houson an an prform a a sa nnr n h Wh Hous honorng nwly lc Souh Afrcan prsn Nlson Manla.131132 A h n of hr worl our, Houson prform hr concrs n Souh Afrca o honor Prsn Manla, playng o ovr 200,000 popl. Ths woul mak h sngr h frs major muscan o vs h nwly unf an aparh fr naon followng Manla's wnnng lcon.133 Th concr was broacas lv on HBO wh funs of h concrs bng ona o varous chars n Souh Afrca. Th vn was consr h naon's bggs ma vn snc h nauguraon of Nlson Manla.134 In 1993, h rcv h jon Nobl Pac Prz wh Klrk.382 In Novmbr 2009, h Un Naons Gnral Assmbly proclam Manla's brhay, 18 July, as Manla Day, markng hs conrbuon o h an-aparh sruggl. I call on nvuals o ona 67 mnus o ong somhng for ohrs, commmorang h 67 yars ha Manla ha bn a par of h movmn.383 In 2001, Walkr's brakhrough rol arrv whn h sarr oppos acor Vn Dsl n h succssful acon flm Th Fas an h Furous, h frs flm n h franchs. Th flm sablsh Walkr as a noabl flm sar an lang man an l o hs rprsal of h rol n h 2003 squl 2 Fas 2 Furous. H connu hs carr wh lang rols n flms such as Joy R (2001), Ino h Blu (2005), an Tmln (2003); h ha a supporng rol n Cln Easwoo's aapaon of Flags of Our Fahrs (2006).