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A Desire to Serve the People by Mary Benson

When a son was born to Chief Henry Gadla Mandela and his wife, Nonqaphi, on 18th July 1918, they gave him the Xhosa name of Rolihlahla and, because it was the fashion to have a European name, preferably a heroic one, they also called him Nelson. The boy and his three sisters lived in the family kraal of whitewashed huts not far from Umtata in the Transkei. Although the Mandelas were members of the royal family of the Thembu people, Nelson, like most African pupils, herded sheep and cattle, and helped with the ploughing.
As a young boy, he was tall for his age and was a fast runner. He hunted buck and, when hungry, stole mealie cobs from the maize fields and Amasi fermented milk stored in calabashes. He loved the countryside with its grassy rolling hills and the stream which flowed eastward to the Indian Ocean.
Much of his time was spent in the open Veld in the company of his age group, trapping birds, play fighting in the grassland. At night, under Africa's brilliant stars, everyone used to gather around a big open fire to listen to the elders of the tribe. The boy was fascinated by the tales told by these bearded old men. Tales about the 'good old days before the coming of the white man', and tales about the brave acts performed by their ancestors, in defending their country against the European invaders.
Those tales, said Mandela many years later when he was on trial for his life, stirred in him a desire to serve his people in their struggle to be free. A desire which eventually led to his becoming the most famous political prisoner of our time - a prisoner with songs written about him and streets named after him. How appropriate that NelsonMandela's Xhosa name, Rolihlahla, means 'stirring up trouble'.
When Nelson first went to school - a school for African pupils - it was a shock to find the history books described only white heroes, and referred to his people as savages and cattle thieves. All the same, he was eager for Western education and proud that his great-grandfather had given land on which to build a mission school. Even when fellow-pupils teased him about his clothes, cast-offs from his father, he pretended not to mind. In 1928, Nelson moved to the Great Place and shared a small Rondavel with his cousin for their shelter. The school was small.
He learned English, Geography, and History. There were no notebooks so they write on slates. Each day after school, Nelson and his cousin look after the cattle then, drive them back to the kraal in the evening for milking Based on the excerpt, fill-in the table below with the needed information. Words that reflect the local culture Clue words Your meaning using the context clues .

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