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Long Walk to Freedom
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This was the Great Place, Mqhekezweni, the provisional capital of Thembuland, the royal residence of Chief Jongintaba Dalindyebo, acting regent of the Thembu people.†
Chpt 1.3
This was the regent who was to become my guardian and benefactor for the next decade.†
Chpt 1.3 *
My mother had no choice; one did not turn down such an overture from the regent.†
Chpt 1.3
She was satisfied that although she would miss me, I would have a more advantageous upbringing in the regent's care than in her own.†
Chpt 1.3
The regent had not forgotten that it was due to my father's intervention that he had become acting paramount chief.†
Chpt 1.3
If the world of Mqhekezweni revolved around the regent, my smaller world revolved around his two children.†
Chpt 1.3
Justice, the elder, was his only son and heir to the Great Place, and Nomafu was the regent's daughter.†
Chpt 1.3
The regent and his wife No-England brought me up as if I were their own child.†
Chpt 1.3
Though we were treated alike, our destinies were different: Justice would inherit one of the most powerful chieftainships of the Thembu tribe, while I would inherit whatever the regent, in his generosity, decided to give me.†
Chpt 1.3
Every day I was in and out of the regent's house doing errands.†
Chpt 1.3
Of the chores I did for the regent, the one I enjoyed most was pressing his suits, a job in which I took great pride.†
Chpt 1.3
The regent and the queen slept in the right-hand rondavel, the queen's sister in the center one, and the left-hand but served as a pantry.†
Chpt 1.3
Shortly after I moved to Mqhekezweni, the regent and his wife moved to the uxande (middle house), which automatically became the Great House.†
Chpt 1.3
There were three small rondavels near it: one for the regent's mother, one for visitors, and one shared by Justice and myself.†
Chpt 1.3
He was as popular and beloved as the regent, and the fact that he was the regent's superior in spiritual matters made a strong impression on me.†
Chpt 1.3
He was as popular and beloved as the regent, and the fact that he was the regent's superior in spiritual matters made a strong impression on me.†
Chpt 1.3
But at Mqhekezweni, religion was a part of the fabric of life and I attended church each Sunday along with the regent and his wife.†
Chpt 1.3
The regent took his religion very seriously.†
Chpt 1.3
The news quickly made the rounds and reached the regent's wife.†
Chpt 1.3
Because of the universal respect the regent enjoyed—from both black and white—and the seemingly untempered power that he wielded, I saw chieftaincy as being the very center around which life revolved.†
Chpt 1.3
My later notions of leadership were profoundly influenced by observing the regent and his court.†
Chpt 1.3
On these occasions, the regent was surrounded by his amaphakathi, a group of councilors of high rank who functioned as the regent's parliament and judiciary.†
Chpt 1.3
On these occasions, the regent was surrounded by his amaphakathi, a group of councilors of high rank who functioned as the regent's parliament and judiciary.†
Chpt 1.3
Letters advising these chiefs and headmen of a meeting were dispatched from the regent, and soon the Great Place became alive with important visitors and travelers from all over Thembuland.†
Chpt 1.3
The guests would gather in the courtyard in front of the regent's house and he would open the meeting by thanking everyone for coming and explaining why he had summoned them.†
Chpt 1.3
At first, I was astonished by the vehemence—and candor—with which people criticized the regent.†
Chpt 1.3
But no matter how flagrant the charge, the regent simply listened, not defending himself, showing no emotion at all.†
Chpt 1.3
Only at the end of the meeting, as the sun was setting, would the regent speak.†
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At the very end of the council, a praise-singer or poet would deliver a panegyric to the ancient kings, and a mixture of compliments to and satire on the present chiefs, and the audience, led by the regent, would roar with laughter.†
Chpt 1.3
As a leader, I have always followed the principles I first saw demonstrated by the regent at the Great Place.†
Chpt 1.3
I always remember the regent's axiom: a leader, hesaid, is like a shepherd.†
Chpt 1.3
The regent was loath to have me visit Qunu, thinking I would regress and fall into bad company back in my old village.†
Chpt 1.3
When I did visit, I sensed that my mother had been briefed by the regent, for she would question me closely as to whom I was playing with.†
Chpt 1.3
On many occasions, however, the regent would arrange for my mother and sisters to be brought to the Great Place.†
Chpt 1.3
WHEN I WAS SIXTEEN, the regent decided that it was time that I became a man.†
Chpt 1.4
The ceremony was at midday, and we were commanded to stand in a row in a clearing some distance from the river where a crowd of parents and relatives, including the regent, as well as a handful of chiefs and counselors, had gathered.†
Chpt 1.4
The regent had often told me, "It is not for you to spend your life mining the white man's gold, never knowing how to write your name.†
Chpt 1.5
The regent himself drove me to Engcobo in his majestic Ford V8.†
Chpt 1.5
The regent gave me my first pair of boots, a sign of manhood, and that night I polished them anew, even though they were already shiny.†
Chpt 1.5
The regent himself had attended Clarkebury, and Justice had followed him there.†
Chpt 1.5
During the trip, the regent advised me on my behavior and my future.†
Chpt 1.5
The regent said when Sabata was older, he would entrust the future king to Reverend Harris, who would train him as both a Christian and a traditional ruler.†
Chpt 1.5
These were men of high standing and the regent received them courteously, but not obsequiously; he treated them on equal terms, as they did him.†
Chpt 1.5
The regent never told me how to behave, and I observed him and followed his example.†
Chpt 1.5
In talking about Reverend Harris, however, the regent, for the first time, gave me a lecture on how I was to conduct myself.†
Chpt 1.5
We were taken in to Reverend Harris's study, where the regent introduced me and I stood to shake his hand, the first time I had ever shaken hands with a white man.†
Chpt 1.5
Reverend Harris was warm and friendly, and treated the regent with great deference.†
Chpt 1.5
The regent explained that I was being groomed to be a counselor to the king and that he hoped the reverend would take a special interest in me.†
Chpt 1.5
At the end of the interview, the regent bade me good-bye and handed me a pound note for pocket money, the largest amount of money I had ever possessed.†
Chpt 1.5
The regent was anxious for me to attend Fort Hare and I was gratified to be accepted there.†
Chpt 1.7

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(1) (regent)
a member of a governing board -- especially at a state university

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someone who rules a country temporarily while the king or queen is too young, too sick, or away
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