What did mandela think about the freedom fighter who proceeded him
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Back then, Mandela was a young man on the make, freshly arrived in Johannesburg from rural Transkei, where he had been born and raised in what passed, amid the general squalor of his surroundings, for tribal privilege. That he had also received a solid secondary education did not disguise the fact that, standing there in the labour activist's office, he was the country bumpkin to Sisulu the city slicker. Yet it was Sisulu, 30 years old to Mandela's 24, who was impressed, glimpsing in Mandela the seed of a talent for politics that would take many years of struggle and sacrifice to mature.
Recalling five decades later how he had sized up the young man standing tall before him in his office, Sisulu said: "He happened to strike me more than any person I had met. His demeanour, his warmth … I was looking for people of calibre to fill positions of leadership and he was a godsend to me."
It took little time for Sisulu to convince Mandela, then working towards a degree in law, to join his cause. Mandela succeeded on both counts, going on to set up a law firm with another ANC leader, Oliver Tambo. But he was especially successful in politics.
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