CHAPTER 7
Indoctrinating a Genome of Values
The revolutionary sees his task as liberation not only of the oppressed but also of the oppressor.
—STEPHEN BIKO
Nelson Mandela was an unlikely revolutionary. Born into a royal Xhosa family in the South African region of Transkei, he was raised by the chief with the intention of him becoming a tribal councilor. However, when he learned that a marriage had been arranged for him without his knowledge, he ran off with his cousin to Johannesburg, where he became a clerk at a law firm, in 1941.1
It was in Johannesburg that his involvement with the African National Congress (ANC) began. He met a variety of people associated with the movement, including Walter Sisulu, who would become a lifelong friend and ...
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