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What does Nelson Mandela's Xhosa name, "Rolihlahla", mean?

Question #133870. Asked by KayceeKool.

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forename Rolihlahla, a Xhosa term colloquially meaning "troublemaker"
link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela

Dec 13 2013, 9:57 AM
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from: link http://www.nelsonmandela.org/content/page/names

Quote: Rolihlahla - This is Mr Mandela's birth name: it is an isiXhosa name which means "pulling the branch of a tree", but colloquially it means "troublemaker". His father gave him this name.

Dec 13 2013, 10:11 AM
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