A 1961 interview with Nelson Mandela during the time when ANC resorted to violent resistance against Apartheid. Interesting perspectives on Peace, Violence, and how state behaviour shapes the oppressed’s methods of resistance

Yes you preach non violence all the time, but the government answers you with brutality and violence. Should be got another method

The video reminds me of something reminiscent of the current times. In the Long Walk to Freedom, the book by Mandela, this was a major point of departure between the Strategy by Mandela and Steve Biko. Biko's role is so underated,makes for interesting screen nights

Have you watched ‘Cry Freedom’?

Book Review: African Estate Records in Colonial Namibia - Ellen Ndeshi Namhila, ‘Little Research Value’: African Estate Records and Colonial Gaps in a Post-Colonial National Archive, vol 17, (Basel, Basler Afrika Bibliographien, 2017),

The Nelson Mandela in videos is always different from the one I see in photos

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Sometimes an armed resistance is needed to put pressure on govt to come to a talking table and to also reduce on its savage attacks against defenseless civilians The method of peace and non violence as a way of putting pressure on govt may sometimes not work esp when the govt is

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When Yahaya Sinwar the Assassinated Hamas Leader was in one of the interviews back in 2022 he said how do you expect us to behave well when we’re being killed by the occupational forces on a daily basis, if they resort to violence we shall too

Operation Mayibuye was born, and the command was out to " Shamelessly attack the weak , and Shamelessly flee from the strong " ✊️✊️✊️