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“I am the product of the masses of my country and the product of my enemy.”

Source: Remarks to reporters, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, c. 1 October 1999

Context Visiting India to open a children's cultural festival, she was asked why she kept the Mandela surname after her 1996 divorce from Nelson Mandela.

Portrait of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
Winnie Madikizela-MandelaSouth Africa · 1936–2018
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