"Some years ago, I saw photographs of Winnie Mandela in a magazine, and noticed that as a young woman she had lively, laughing eyes--the soulful, striking eyes many observers commented on. However, in later pictures, her eyes were mute, as if the light in them had been extinguished. That set me wondering what hardships had caused such a woeful metamorphosis" - Anne Marie du Preez Bezdrob. Winnie Mandela: A Life
"I am the product of the masses of my country and the product of my enemy" - Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in Winnie Mandela: A Life
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"I chose to tell no one what I was about to do. Not my colleagues upstairs nor those in Lusaka. The ANC is a collective, but the government had made collectivity in this case impossible. I did not have the security or the time to discuss these issues with my organization. I knew that my colleagues upstairs would condemn my proposal, and that would kill my initiative even before it was born. There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he is leading his people the right way. Finally, my isolation furnished my organization with an excuse in case matters went awry; the old man was alone and completely cut off, and his actions were taken by him as an individual, not a representative of the ANC" - Nelson Mandela (1994), Long Walk to Freedom, page 627,
"Mandela let us down. He agreed to a bad deal for the blacks. Economically, we are still on the outside. The economy is very much 'white'. It has a few token blacks, but so many who gave their life in the struggle have died unrewarded." - Winnie Mandela (2010), Alleged Controversial Interview with Nadira Naipaul at http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23812947-how-nelson-mandela-betrayed-us-says-ex-wife-winnie.do
From: La Vonda R. Staples <lrstaples@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Nadira Naipaul's essay on Winnie Mandela's narrative and the struggle to end apartheid
And you admire her even though it is alleged she turned an angry hand to other Black South Africans? How did those little murdered teen aged boys further the revolution?--
On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 5:15 AM, Ikhide <xokigbo@yahoo.com> wrote:I love Winnie Mandela, as a child, I only knew of Mandela because of one woman, Winnie Mandela, she who would not stop counting the hawks swooning down on the chicks. She is flawed, so effing what? @ikhide: The offspring of those who annihilated and subjugated millions of black South Africans now sit in judgement over Winnie Mandela. This life.
Nonsense.- IkhideWinnie is human after all, just as Mandela was. And I suspect she naively underestimated the complex tapestry of compromises and pragmatic manoeuvres that constrained African nationalism. I wonder what she would have done if she had been given Mandela's terrible predicament.
Or, should I even wonder at all? The fire inside of her portends a huge national conflagration.
Is Winnie still the naïve revolutionary?
Adeshina AfolayanSent from my BlackBerry wireless device from MTNFrom: Ikhide <xokigbo@yahoo.com>Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 12:52:03 -0800 (PST)To: Toyin Falola<USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com>ReplyTo: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.comSubject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Nadira Naipaul's essay on Winnie Mandela's narrative and the struggle to end apartheid--""I cannot forgive him for going to receive the Nobel [Peace Prize in 1993] with his jailer [FW] de Klerk. Hand in hand they went. Do you think de Klerk released him from the goodness of his heart? He had to. The times dictated it, the world had changed, and our struggle was not a flash in the pan, it was bloody to say the least and we had given rivers of blood. I had kept it alive with every means at my disposal".We could believe that. The world-famous images flashed before our eyes and I am sure hers. The burning tyres - Winnie endorsed the necklacing of collaborators in a speech in 1985 ("with our boxes of matches and our necklaces we shall liberate this country") - the stoning, the bullets, the terrible deaths of "informers". Her often bloodthirsty rhetoric has marred her reputation."Look at this Truth and Reconciliation charade. He should never have agreed to it." Again her anger was focused on Mandela. "What good does the truth do? How does it help anyone to know where and how their loved ones were killed or buried? That Bishop Tutu who turned it all into a religious circus came here," she said pointing to an empty chair in the distance."He had the cheek to tell me to appear. I told him a few home truths. I told him that he and his other like-minded cretins were only sitting here because of our struggle and ME. Because of the things I and people like me had done to get freedom.""If you have the time, please read this essay. It humanizes Winnie Mandela and situates her in a very complex situation, she is her own best advocate. Nadira is VS Naipaul's spouse. This essay is an account of Winnie Mandela's meeting with her and VS.- IkhideStalk my blog at http://www.xokigbo.com/Follow me on Twitter: @ikhideJoin me on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ikhide
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