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Nelson was locked up on Robben Island, and wives like me had been warned we would bring our husbands home as corpses from that place. But I always believed he would be released. It was my duty to have a home ready for us.

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It would be a most despicable thing to suggest I would exploit the poor for my own personal gain.

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The solution of this country's problems lies in black hands.

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I often wonder why I attract so much criticism.

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We cannot pretend we do not have problems; we cannot pretend things are not wrong in our country. A lot of things are wrong.

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We talk of a rainbow nation - in a country that remains dichotomized between black and white. We must acknowledge that the rainbow, in fact, is still a dream.

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The government can become so elitist and concentrate on elitist interests. To help the government, you must constantly hold its attention.

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I was so hooked by the fight for freedom that nothing mattered to us so long as we fulfilled the dream of years and years of our people being liberated. I thought normal life would come the day after.

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You build dreams, you build castles in the air, and you hope that at least part of that will be realized, even under apartheid.

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You all must realize that Mandela was not the only man who suffered. There were many others - hundreds who languished in prison and died. Many unsung and unknown heroes of the struggle.

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Biography

Nationality: South African

Type: Activist

Born: September 26th, 1936

Died: April 2nd, 2018

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