Madiba
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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As legal scholar Madiba Dennie wrote in Balls & Strikes before the arguments, both Skrmetti and Dobbs are about “using state power to compel a particular performance of sex and gender.”
From Slate • Dec. 6, 2024
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
The day before their opening match President Mandela, whose clan name was Madiba, made the first of several visits to the team.
From BBC • Feb. 2, 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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