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Richard Stengel on Mandela: The Lost Tapes

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Mandela's Early Life Was So Important

Rick Steves: Mandela's early life was so important to who he was. He says his father arranged for him to be raised by the Themboo, an all-black community in South Africa. In some ways that was like Shangri-La to him; it would look not very impressive to us today,. Steves: This gave him confidence, confidence in himself, confidence in his worldview.

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