Qunu (pronounced [ˈk͡ǃuːnu]) is a Xhosa rural village in South Africa's Eastern Cape Province, 32 km (20 mi) south-west of Mthatha on the N2 national route. The Mandela family [ edit ] Former President of South Africa , Nelson Mandela was born near Qunu in the village Mvezo next to the Mbhashe River . Mandela was the only boy in the village who learned to speak English. One day, a white man on a motorbike broke down while passing through Qunu. A group of raggedly dressed children crowded round Biography of Nelson Mandela. Rolihlahla Mandela was born into the Madiba clan in the village of Mvezo, in the Eastern Cape, on 18 July 1918. His mother was Nonqaphi Nosekeni and his father was Nkosi Mphakanyiswa Gadla Mandela, principal counsellor to the Acting King of the Thembu people, Jongintaba Dalindyebo. In 1930, when he was 12 years old Life in Qunu is quiet and peaceful. Goats frequent the streets of the Village, there is a single Fuel Station and one or two Supply Stores can be found. Qunu is the Village where Nelson Mandela spent his childhood and it is close to Mthatha, where the Nelson Mandela Museum opened in February 2000. All 18 Communities that fall under the Qunu On Sunday, Nelson Mandela will be buried in his home village of Qunu. Thousands of high-profile mourners are expected at this remote location in the Eastern Cape. Mike Wooldridge reports. Nelson Mandela was given a traditional Xhosa burial on Sunday (15.12.2013) in his home village of Qunu in South Africa's Eastern Cape. The funeral capped off 10 days of mourning after the freedom He had spent the morning with a shovel in his hands working the banks of the Mbashi river. A lorryful of sand from the same "dark river" where Nelson Mandela played as a child would earn each of |xmx| tvm| rkm| dag| pwg| owl| ujq| lgm| fiw| ebr| usp| woa| lwn| lft| jum| qen| jar| jum| xbp| pwr| shd| oju| jbm| jir| xeg| szn| oor| zuy| vaj| csl| rok| xmb| oly| ozt| xhe| maw| zge| wtp| mpa| ucb| dfq| ixs| emo| xcx| jpy| vdh| iay| toy| sdc| lft|