On the first day of school, my teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave each of us an English name and said that from thenceforth that was the name we would answer to in school. This was the custom among Africans in those days and was undoubtedly due to the British bias of our education.
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On the first day of school, my teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave each of us an English name and said tha
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On the first day of school, my teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave each of us an English name and said tha
On the first day of school, my teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave each of us an English name and said tha
On the first day of school, my teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave each of us an English name and said tha
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