LISTEN: Madiba reminiscing about Qunu, meeting Walter Sisulu & shares other stories

All audio credit: Nelson Mandela Foundation

Audio 1

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