What do you think of when you hear the name Mandela? Anyone born before 1989 might place their first memory of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela as one of several black and white images of the younger Mandela that featured in school textbooks, newspapers and magazines, or were shown on television in black and white when broadcasts were in full colour. They might know the lyrics and tune of songs like Hugh Masekela’s Bring back Nelson Mandela, San Fan Thomas’ Zimo to Nelson Mandela or Kenyan singer Sam Muthee’s Release Mandela. They are likely to remember the day when his impending release, after serving 27 years in prison, was celebrated. I remember watching the live broadcast of Nelson and Winnie Mandela walking out of Victor Verster Prison, surprised that he didn’t resemble the actor who’d played him in the Mandela movie I’d seen.
In life Mandela acknowledged people who, through small and large gestures, cleared his path to greatness. In his home village of Qunu in South Africa’s Eastern Cape, his mother Nosekeni Fanny’s decision to enrol him in school was pivotal in a world where formal education was not yet the norm. After Mandela’s father Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa Mandela died, the Thembu regent Chief Jongintaba Dalindyebo raised him and facilitated his formal education. These early experiences provided stability and instilled confidence and a sense of pride.
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