Nelson Mandela is joining the metaverse with a project designed to “amplify African voices” that will include digital art collections and a holographic gala.
The Mandela family’s Long Walk to Freedom brand is launching A Long Walk to Meta: Mandelaverse, which it describes as “guided by the principles and virtues” of the late South African leader. The metaverse is a virtual reality online world spearheaded by Mark Zuckerberg, and allows Mandela’s large feuding family to cash in on his legacy.
The project will feature non-fungible tokens (NFTs), one-of-a-kind digital assets on a public ledger and the same technology that underpins bitcoin. The singular certificates, which allow owners to trade online assets, have exploded in popularity in recent years. Just about any kind of object, including
