
Winnie Mandela
14
I'm Columbus Madikizela,
headmaster of Bizana Elementary School.
Welcome.
Next time, have your pickaninnies chase
the cattle off the road.
We haven't got time to waste.
As you can see,
we do not have desks and chairs.
Our only equipment is
blackboard and chalk.
We came to evaluate your
teaching abilities.
So far, you're not making
a very favorable impression.
Despite all our disadvantages,
I can wager that any one of my pupils
could compete
with any white pupil in your cities.
Winnie, Shakespeare's 18th Sonnet
for our guests.
"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
"Thou art more lovely
and more temperate,
"Rough winds do shake
the darling buds of May,
"And summer's lease
hath all too short a date,
"Sometime too hot the
eye of heaven shines,
"And often is his gold..."
Yeah, yeah, that's enough. Thank you.
Good day.
- Winnie.
- Yes, Father.
I was disappointed
when you were not born a boy.
But now, I am proud.
I'm so very proud that
you're my daughter.
Don't forget to write.
You should be the one taking the bus,
sisi.
It was always going to be you.
Miss Madikizela.
Miss Madikizela.
Oh, goodness. I'm so sorry we're late.
There was this frightful accident
in Eloff Street.
We do apologize.
We are so very pleased
that you're coming to study with us.
Yes. Our first student
from a rural area.
And we believe your father is a chief.
No, madam. My father is a teacher,
son of a chief.
But the first black
teacher in our district.
Daughter of a Xhosa teacher,
son of a chief is quite good enough.
Welcome to Johannesburg.
Can I help you with that?
Now, ladies, a career as a social worker
means two things for certain.
Long hours and pitiful salaries.
Please turn to page 296...
...in the Encyclopaedia
Of The Social Sciences.
Quietly, please.
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hi.
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
I actually can't believe
that you just did it.
You'll tell Mama.
Winnie, haven't you had enough of your
books yet'? We're going to town. Come.
I have seen the town.
You study too much,
and you're going to put us all to shame.
For goodness sake, it's Saturday.
Oh, my, it is beautiful.
Let's go in and try it on.
Oh!
Oh, you look like Cinderella.
Go on, buy it.
There are better things
to do with money.
Darling, buying beautiful clothes
is the only thing to do with money.
- No, really, I can't.
- You can pay me back later.
Excuse me. Excuse me!
What do you think you are doing?
My friend would like to buy a dress.
Is that a problem?
- You're going to ruin that dress.
- Ruin it?
Only paying customers
are allowed to try the dresses on.
Look, you people don't bathe.
The next customer is
not going to want to buy that dress.
It'll smell. Now take it off
before I call the police.
- Leave her alone.
- Just you...
Africans want to be paid a living wage.
Africans want to perform work
which we are capable of doing
and not work which the government
declares us to be capable of.
We want to allowed and not obliged
which we can never call our own.
We want to be allowed
living in our ghettos.
African men want to be with their wives
and not being forced
into an unnatural existence.
African women want to be
with their husbands...
He is incredible.
Who is he?
Nelson Mandela.
Mandela who?
Nelson. Nelson Mandela.
Would you, Winnie?
Move, move, move, move.
Go on. Get out of here.
This is a peaceful meeting.
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