Qhen Mandela entered prison, he was a fiery young revolutionary. And, look at the man that came out. For my family, Mandela's name is a weight on our shoulders. You must all understand that Mandela was not the only man who suffered. There were many others, hundreds, who macerated in prison and died. Our fight had many heroes, who remained anonymous and unknown, and there were others also in the leadership, like the unfortunate Steve Biko, beaten to death, in atrocious loneliness. When Mandela entered prison, he was a fiery young revolutionary. And, look at the man who got out, she said, taking the writer to witness. Mandela let us down. He accepted a bad deal for black. Economically, we are still excluded. The economy remains very white. There are of course some black alibis, but so many of those who gave their lives for this fight died without having received the dividends. “I cannot forgive him for having received the Nobel (in 1993) with his jailer, Frederik De Klerk. They went there hand in hand.
Do you think De Klerk released him out of the goodness of his soul? no. He did not have a choice. It was fashionable, the world had changed, and our struggle was not a flash in the pan. It was a murderous struggle, to say the least, and we had given rivers of blood. I had kept her alive with all the means at my disposal. Look at this farce that is the truth and reconciliation commission. He should never have accepted. What's good about the truth? How does it help anyone find out where and how their loved ones were killed or buried? when Archbishop Tutu, who made it all into a great religious circus, came here, she continues pointing to an empty chair, he had the nerve to ask me to appear. I served him some hard-hitting truths. I told him that he and his bunch of morons were only sitting there because of our fight and because of me. Because of all that I and people like me have done to gain freedom. ”…” I'm not alone, she continues. The people of Soweto are still with me. Watch what they make him do. The great Mandela. He no longer has any power or even a voice. They put up this huge statue of him right in the middle of Johannesburg's richest white neighborhood, not here where we shed our blood and where it all began. Mandela has become an institutionalized foundation. He is carried around the world to raise funds and he is happy to play the game. The ANC sidelined him, but keeps him as a figurehead to keep up appearances. ”
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Winnie Mandela: The Black Soul of South Africa
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Release Date | 2007-11-07T00:00:01Z |
Language | Français |
Number Of Pages | 288 |
Publication Date | 2007-11-07T00:00:01Z |