A Quote by – Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

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Author Name:

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

Born As:

Rolihlahla Mandela.

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Baptised a Methodist, Mandela was given the English forename of "Nelson" by his teacher. Aged 16, he, traveled to Tyhalarha to undergo the circumcision ritual that symbolically marked their transition from boys to men and was given the name 'Dalibunga'.

Born:

18 Jul 1918

Died:

The New Republic - December 2006. 

Nelson Mandela was criticised for a number of positive comments he had made about the diamond industry. There were concerns that this would benefit suppliers of blood diamonds. In a letter to Edward Zwick, the director of the motion picture Blood Diamond, Mandela had noted that: