Ndaba Mandela

Ndaba Mandela (born 23 December 1982) is an author, mentor, spokesperson, entrepreneur, political consultant, and the grandson of Nelson Mandela. He was born in Soweto, South Africa. Quotes I think I was at home on the Eastern Cape. I just saw people very excited and happy watching the television. Word was spreading around that he was being released, but it didn’t really mean much to me as a child. Again, it was like that’s your grandfather, but I’d never seen or never met [him] or anything like that. It was like whoa, everybody’s so happy for this man. That’s pretty cool. It wasn’t really a big thing for me personally at just eight years old. Going to the Mountain refers to – in our culture, I’ll say two things. One refers to the actual circumcision process that we undertake, which is a rite of passage from boyhood to manhood. Secondly, it’s really a euphemism or comparing the challenges the minorities or young black people face in their world. Like Nelson Mandela said, ‘After climbing a great hill, you realize when you’re on top of that hill, that there are many other hills to climb.’ It’s talking about the challenges that we face in the world. Going to college, starting a career [are] challenges. Of course, for young black people across the world, it’s really a mountainous sort of challenge and journey. When we look at the fashion world right now, majority of all the inspiration that they are using for designs is coming from Africa. Whether it’s high end or little, they’re all taking inspiration from Africa. When you talk about fashion, when you talk about food, when you talk about the culture, when you talk about just the dancing, there’s all something emanating from the African continent, culture, and people. When you talk about some of the most exotic, most beautiful places in the world – you talk about Mauritius, the Seychelles, Mozambique – I can go on and on. External links Category:Living people