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Identify one image Mandela uses to represent his freedom.
Running through the fields / swimming in the stream / ride bulls
The young Mandela was free and safe so long as he did what?
Obeyed his father and his tribe
Later in life, Mandela realised his "freedom" was an _____________.
illusion
At first, who did Mandela want freedom for?
Himself
In what city did Mandela yearn for "basic and honourable freedoms"?
Johannesburg
At what point did Mandela join the ANC?
When he realised his people were being mistreated and deprived of their rights.
What simile does Mandela use to describe how he lived his life after becoming involved with the ANC?
...like a monk.
What do "the chains" represent in paragraph 3?
The restriction placed on black South Africans by white South Africans.
What did Mandela realise during the "lonely years"?
That he wanted to free black AND white people.
According to Mandela, what did white people need to be freed from?
Hatred
Finish the sentence; "The oppressed and the oppressor ___________________"
alike are robbed of their humanity
Does Mandela think the road to freedom is over?
No
"I have made missteps along the way" proved what about Mandela?
That he knows he has not been perfect either.
Has Mandela's log walk to freedom ended?
No
