Things You Didn't Know About Nelson Mandela
Sunday, Aug 30, 2020, 1:03 pm
By:
Tony Williams
#1 Rolihlalha The Trouble Maker
Nelson Mandela's real name was Rolihlahla. He was given the name Nelson by his primary school teacher. In the apartheid days it was traditional to give black people 'white names' since white people found their names hard to pronounce. His real name means 'pulling the branch of a tree', which in turn means troublemaker in Xhosa.
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