NELSON MANDELA THE EARLY YEARS With a partner discuss the following questions a) What is happening in the cartoon? where is it set? when is it set? who are the people what is the situation? b) What does the clothing of the children tell us about them? c) What tells us that this is a rural school 3. Now study what the teacher says: a) Given the question she has asked them, what kind of answer do you think she was expecting b) What does she mean by "This one can't make up his mind? How many answers did he give c) The viewers now know something that the teacher didn't at that time. This is where the humour lies. Explain this statement. d) Do you think that as a boy Mandela really decided to be all those different things? Explain your answer. e) Can you explain how the cartoonist knew that Mandela would become all of these things