MOTHER OF THE NATION

This week, we mark the death anniversary of Winnie Madikizela Mandela, a fierce revolutionary who fought at the frontlines against the apartheid regime during her time. Winnie breathed her last on 2 April 2018. While Western media tried to reduce her to footnotes and controversy, Pan Africanists acrosss the world remember her not as a widow but as a warrior who never stopped fighting against imperialism. Today, we take a few moments to recall her efforts towards the emancipation of her people and why they still refer to her as ‘mama’