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Mandela was learning from us. He wanted to understand us, the fieriness of us, the resistance that we were a part of, and what we stood up against — the oppression.
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The speaker says Mandela was trying to understand their group from close at hand: its fierce spirit, its resistance, and its opposition to oppression. “Learning from us” suggests that he was listening to their experience rather than assuming he already understood it. The quote presents their resistance as a response to oppression.
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