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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 country,” which was seen as endorsing extrajudicial killings called necklacings. (10[1])Jerry Richardson led a group of violent bodyguards of a member of this family that killed (10[1])teenage activist Stompie Seipei, known as [this family’s] “United Football Club.” A member of this family referenced the Sharpeville massacre in a speech in which (10[1])he claimed a “democratic and free society” is “an ideal for which I am prepared to die,” which was delivered during the Rivonia Trial. (10[1])For 10 points, name this family of (10[1])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?”]
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