On the first day of school, my teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave each of us an English name and said that from thenceforth that was the name we would answer to in school. This was the custom among Africans in those days and was undoubtedly due to the British bias of our education. — Nelson Mandela

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Mini who’s who:

Nelson Mandela : South African Statesman
Born:  July 18, 1918
Died:  December 5, 2013