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"Nelson Mandela said that I had to stay at home." I said, "Like at home? Like the same place where you sleep? He said, "Yes, you will stay in Qunu," media medalist Oprah Winfrey said in Johannesburg on Thursday.
"I did not stop asking who was staying in someone's house for 10 days and 10 nights I do not have 10 days of conversation My life partner, Stedman (Graham) has then said: "It's Nelson Mandela, you do not have to talk, you just listen."
Oprah Winfrey recalled this humorous narrative at the Imbizo Hall of the University of Johannesburg, where the Nelson Mandela Foundation organized a dialogue on the celebration of the woman and # 16DaysofActivism titled Is & # 39; thunzi Sabafazi ( Dignity of the woman).
Winfrey was joined by a panel including activist Josina Machel, humanitarian assistant Graça Machel and executive director of UN Women Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka.
The 64-year-old media nabol who marks her 36th A visit to South Africa revealed that the vision of the Academy for Girls Oprah Winfrey in Johannesburg was materialized during the 10-day visit.
"I was nervous at first when I was going to Qunu, but after six meals, I felt comfortable with Madiba, so comfortable that we could sit in silence "said Winfrey.
It was during this visit that Winfrey learned that Mandela was most concerned about poverty and its devastating effects on people's lives, sparking violence resulting in inadequate health care and a lack of education.
"Who else can I serve?
"He was concerned about the generation of young people who do not enjoy the quality education they deserve," she said.
The media mogul shared with Mandela her dream of building a girls' school in South Africa, convinced that women will save South Africa. Madiba then called Kader Asmal, Minister of Education of the time, and told him "Oprah wants to build a school".
"I've built a school for girls who look like me, who come from an environment like me but who were willing to succeed.I wanted to give these girls a chance," said Winfrey.
The school currently has 191 girls in college.
"When I met Madiba, it was like going home, I decided to do something for South Africa."
Winfrey shared his hope that South Africans would remain responsible to one another and find ways to serve the country.
"The dream of this academy was born in me for a year after asking the question:" Who else can I serve? "
"By doing this, you are aligning yourself on Madiba's vision because he knew that if one of us was bleeding, we were all bleeding," she said.
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