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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.
Prison letter to daughters Zeni and Zindzi, June 23, 1969, 1969
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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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