Word: madiba
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...visit to South Africa in 1995 I had the great fortune of meeting that country's first democratically elected president, Nelson Rolihlala Mandela. It was an honor to meet "Madiba," as he is affectionately referred to in South Africa, but there was one aspect of my encounter with him at the African National Congress's (ANC) "Shell House" offices in Johannesburg which left me rather ill at ease...