nelson madnela

What name was Mandela given at birth?

Rolihlahla

What does Rolihlahla mean in Xhosa?

pulling the branch of a tree

What is Rolihlahla's colloquial meaning?

troublemaker

When and where was Mandela born?

July 18, 1918, Mvezo

What district is Mandela's birth village, Mvezo, located in?

Umtata

Who is Mandela's father?

Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa

What was Mandela's father's title?

a chief by blood and custom

What is Mandela's tribe?

Thembu

What was Mandela's mother's name?

Nosekeni Fanny

When did Mandela's father lose his chieftainship?

when Mandela was an infant

Where did Mandela and his family move after his father lost his chieftainship?

Qutu

What did they call corn where Mandela grew up?

Mealies

How old was he when he became a herd-boy?

5

What is khetha?

a game of choose the one you like

Between what two tribes was the only inter-tribal rivalry in Qunu?

xhosas, amaMfengu

Who recommended Mandela go to school to his mother?

George Mbekela

Who was Mandela's first teacher, who gave him his English name?

Miss Mdingane

What is Mandela's English name?

Nelson

From what illness did Mandela's father die?

Some type of lung disease

What did Mandela's father do in his final hour before he died?

smoked

How old was Mandela when his father died?

9

Where did Mandela and his mother move after his father's death?

Mqhekezweni

What was Jongintaba's 'majestic' vehicle?

ford v8

What does Jongintaba mean?

One who looks at the mountain

What was Mandela's goal before he moved to Mqhekezweni?

to become a champion stick-fighter

What is Jongintaba's title?

regent

What did Mandela's mother say when she left him with Jongintaba?

Brace yourself, boy! (uqinisufokotho, Kwedini!)

What are the names of Jongintaba's two children?

Justice, Nomafu

What is Jongintaba's wife's name?

No-England

What was the pet name Jongintaba used to refer to Mandela?

Tatomkhulu

What was the name of the Reverend in Mqhekezweni?

Matyolo

What religion was Mqhekezweni?

Methodist

What class were women considered in Mqhekezweni?

second class

What type of government was Mqhekezweni?

democracy

What very old chief was considered the authority on the history of Thembus?

Chief Joyi

What are white people called [by Chief Joyi]?

abelungu

What was the name of the daughter of Reverend Matyolo that Mandela fancied?

Winnie

At what age did the regent decide it was time for Mandela to 'become a man'?

16

How do boys become men, according to Xhosa tradition?

circumcision

What was the name of the circumcision school's location?

Tyhalarha

What custom of circumcision school must one perform before the ceremony?

a daring exploit

What was Mandela's daring exploit before his circumcision ceremony?

he stole a pig by attracting it with beer sediment

What did the boys cry out at the circumcision ceremony while they were circumcised?

I am a man! (ndiyindoda!)

What was Mandela's circumcision name?

Dalibunga

What did Mandela's circumcision name, Dalibunga, mean?

founder of the bunga

Immediately after a boy is circumcised, what does a man do with the foreskin?

Ties it to a corner of a blanket

What are initiates into the world of manhood called?

abakhwetha

What was the first chore Mandela was given after circumcision?

to paint his body in white ocher

What did an attendant wake each boy to do during the first night post-circumcision?

go into the woods and bury the foreskin

Why did the men bury their foreskins post circumcision?

so wizards couldn't use them for evil, to bury their youth

What did the men coat themselves in on the last day of the circumcision ceremony after washing off the white ocher?

red ocher

What happened to the huts the boys/men stayed in during the circumcision ceremony, and why?

they were burned, to destroy the link to childhood

What was given to Mandela after the circumcision ceremony?

two heifers, four sheep

What occupation was Mandela 'destined' to become?

counselor to a king

Who made Mandela upset after the circumcision ceremony when talking about how blacks are a conquered people?

Chief Meligqili

Why did Mandela cross the Mbashe river for the first time?

to go to Clarkebury Boarding Institute

What district was Clarkebury located in?

Engcobo

Who was the governor of Clarkebury?

Reverend C. Harris

Was Reverend C. Harris white or black?

white

Where did Reverend C. Harris arrange for Mandela to do his manual labor?

in his garden

What was Mandela's rude awakening at Clarkebury?

he would not be treated differently because of his lineage

What did Mandela walk like when he first wore boots?

a newly shod horse

Who was Mandela's first great friend at Clarkebury?

Mathona

In what year did Mandela join Healdtown, and how old was he?

1937, 19

Where was Healdtown located?

Fort Beaufort

Who was the principal of Healdtown?

Dr. Arthur Wellington

Who was Mandela's first Sotho-speaking friend?

Zachariah Molete

What sport did Mandela take up at the suggestion of his friend Locke Ndzamela?

long-distance running

During what year at Healdtown was Mandela appointed a prefect?

his second

What was Mandela's moral dilemma while he was a night shift prefect?

Whether or not to report the other prefect peeing off the veranda

What Xhosa poet visited Healdtown during Mandela's last year there?

Krune Mqhayi

What star did Krune Mqhayi relate the House of Xhosa to?

the Morning Star

When was Fort Hare founded, and by whom?

1916, Scottish missionaries

How many students did Fort Hare have when Mandela attended?

150

Who took Mandela under his wing when he arrived at Fort Hare?

K. D. Matanzima

Why did Mandela and his friends elect their own House Committee?

no freshmen or residents were on it

Who did Mandela play in the play at Fort Hare?

John Wilkes Booth

What was the name of the dance hall Mandela and his friend snuck off to?

Ntselamanzi

Who was the prime minister and who was the deputy prime minister while Mandela was at Fort Hare?

Hertzog, Smuts

What country did South Africa declare war against while Mandela was at Fort Hare?

Germany

What did the white man in Umtata ask Paul to do, which Paul refused to?

Buy postage stamps

What student organization was Mandela nominated for at Fort Hare?

Student Representative Council

Why did the student body at Fort Hare boycott the Student Representative election?

Diet was poor, SRC power unsatisfactory

How many students showed up to vote for the Student Representative election?

25

Was Mandela the only Student Representative that resigned for a second time?

True

Why did Dr. Kerr threaten to expel Mandela from Fort Hare?

He resigned from the Student Representative Council

Was the regent happy or angry about Mandela leaving Fort Hare?

Angry

Why did the regent arrange unions for Justice and Mandela?

He was dying

Who was Justice arranged to marry?

The daughter of Khalipa

Who was Mandela arranged to marry?

The daughter of the local Thembu priest

What is the South African word for dowry?

Lobola

Who was the girl that Mandela was arranged to marry in love with?

Justice

How did Mandela get the queen to side with him regarding his arranged marriage?

He said he wanted to marry a relative of the queen

Where had the regent left for when Justice and Mandela ran away?

Bunga

What was the regent's reason for returning at the time Justice and Mandela were planning to run away?

Forgot his Epsom salts

What did Justice and Mandela sell for money to run away with?

The regent's oxen

What were all Africans over the age of 16 required to carry in the 1940s?

Native passes

What brother of the regent did Justice and Mandela lie to whilst running away?

Chief Mpondombini

What friend of Justice's worked in an attorney's office in Queenstown and helped the two out when they were running away?

Sidney Nxu

What city did Justice and Mandela end up in after running away?

Johannesburg