Mandela in his speech says, ''The policy of apartheid created a deep and lasting wound in my country and my people.'' Explain the significance of the word ''wound'' as used by Mandela. (Nelson Mandela - Long Walk to Freedom)

Mandela talks about decades of oppression and brutality faced by Black people of South Africa. The structure created by white people was hurtful - formed the basis of one of the harshest, most inhumane societies the world has ever known. The prejudice, discrimination created by the Whites – developed a sense of inferiority in the blacks The trauma/ atmosphere of fear for the Blacks