Long Walk to Freedom

Long Walk to Freedom

by

Nelson Mandela

Long Walk to Freedom: Chapter 37 Summary & Analysis

Summary
Analysis
In September, when the Emergency is over, Mandela and the rest of the ANC meet secretly to plan for the future. Mandela is so busy that he sees little of his family. Winnie gives birth to a daughter that they name Zindziswa (“Zindzi”), which is the same name as the daughter of a famous Xhosa poet.
Mandela’s name of his daughter after the daughter of a Xhosa poet recalls how it was a talk from a Xhosa poet back in college who first helped Mandela begin to understand the liberation struggle.
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