“You have a brave and determined mummy who loves her people with all her heart. She gave up pleasure and comfort in return for a life full of hardship and misery, because of the deep love she has for her people and country.”
Written from Robben Island prison where Mandela had been held since 1964, this letter to his young daughters explained their mother's absence — not as abandonment but as sacrificial love.
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