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LISTEN: Madiba reminiscing about Qunu, meeting Walter Sisulu & shares other stories
All audio credit: Nelson Mandela Foundation.
All audio credit: Nelson Mandela Foundation
Audio 1
- How he gets his English name
- Relationship with King (Regent) and Queen of the Abathembu; reminiscing about Qunu
- Anecdotes – Clarkebury and Healdtown
- Describing his initiation ceremony into manhood
- Describing Healdtown; the principle Arthur Wellington and visit by Xhosa poet Mqhayi
- Duties of the prefect at Healdtown
- Describing being at the University of Fort Hare; SRC election; returns home and the Regent arranges a marriage
- Describing search of the suitcase at Crown Mines, Johannesburg; meeting Walter Sisulu and others – opening up a whole new world to him
- Garlick Mbekeni introduces him to Walter Sisulu, describes his early years in Johannesburg
- Describes being the first black law student at Wits, and his classmates
- Describing joining the ANC in 1944, and the establishment of the ANC Youth League
- Describes the impact of the 1946 Indian passive resistance campaign on him
- Describes the unexpected victory of the National Party in 1948
- Describes the use of non-violence as a strategy and not a principle; arm resistance becomes a reality
- Describes receiving military training from Colonel Tadesse, Ethiopia and by the Algerians where he uses a gun for the first time
- Describes writing of the Statement from the dock, and reading it in the court