Let us not rest until we are free to live in dignity in the land of our birth.
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| Birth: | 18th October, 1960 |
| Nationality: | American, South African |
| Profession: | Author, Lecturer, Tennis Player |
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Mathabane was born to a life of poverty in the apartheid political setting of South Africa. His father was Jackson Mathabane, a laborer who had an income of $10 a month. Mathabane has also stated that his father struggled with alcohol and gambling, and was even abusive. Magdalene Mathabane was Mathabane’s mother. She had been sold to Jackson Mathabane as a wife at the age of fifteen by her mother.
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