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Madibaland

Madibaland
 n.— «A Qunu, son village natal au fin fond du Transkei, Mandela a par ailleurs fait construire un véritable Madibaland. Au coeur du complexe, qui intègre une ferme, se trouve la réplique de sa dernière prison, la cage dorée (une villa de trois pièces avec accès, de plain-pied, à une piscine) mise à sa disposition en 1986 dans le périmètre du centre pénitentiaire de Paarl, près du Cap.» —“Nelson Mandela, le crépuscule du père de la nation arc-en-ciel” by Stephen Smith Libération (Paris, France) June 17, 1999. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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