Madiba
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Madiba Dennie: I think that’s right, and he made the right call.
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2025
Madiba Dennie: As in Williams’ case, there was an unreliable witness at Glossip’s trial who had a personal incentive to pin the crime on Glossip.
From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2024
As an ANC insider, Ms. Duarte was often asked for her perspective on Mandela, whom she called by his clan name, Madiba.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 18, 2022
"Madiba has been an inspiration for us," Sibongiseni Shabalala, band member and son of the band's late founder Joseph Shabalala, said, using Mandela's clan name.
From Reuters ● Jul. 18, 2022
He informed me that his older brother, my first and oldest son, Madiba Thembekile, whom we called Thembi, had been killed in a motorcar accident in the Transkei.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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