Tossup

Letters between members of this family make up the second half of the memoir 491 Days, the amount of time one of them spent in solitary confinement. A member of this family stated that “with our boxes of matches and our necklaces, we shall liberate this (10[1])country,” (10[1])which (10[1])was seen as endorsing extrajudicial killings called necklacings. (10[3])Jerry Richardson led a group of violent bodyguards (10[1])of a member of this family that killed teenage activist Stompie Seipei, (10[1])known as [this family’s] “United Football Club.” A member of this family referenced the Sharpeville massacre in a speech in which he claimed a “democratic and free society” is “an ideal for which I am prepared to die,” which (10[1])was delivered during the Rivonia Trial. For 10 points, name this family (10[1])of Winnie and the first president of South Africa, Nelson. ■END■

ANSWER: Mandela family [accept Nelson Mandela; accept Winnie Madikizela-Mandela; accept Mandela United Football Club; prompt on Winnie Madikizela or Nomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela by asking “into what family did she marry?”]
<Harvard A, World History>
= Average correct buzz position

Back to tossups