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Mandela
Early on, that Nelson Mandela's political awareness began to take shape, and he steeled himself to resist such indoctrination while he immersed himself in the very real cultural practices of his own Xhosa people. He remembers the harsh rigors of his initiation, when he was prepared for the trials of manhood that lay ahead. He remembers emerging from his long seclusion, coated in red ochre, and receiving two cows and four sheep, which made him feel richer than he had ever felt before, and, as he put it, "walking……straighter and taller….and thinking that he might someday have wealth, property, and status." He certainly was right about that, but a long road lay ahead.
The 1930's were troubled times in South Africa, when forced removals, pass laws and other segregation bills were passed. With growing unease, Mandela went to Fort Hare University to do a Bachelors degree, but it wasn't long before his strong will and indignation at injustice got in the way, and he was......

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