Lindela 'Mashumi' Figlan Lindela Figlan was born on the 27th of
December 1970 in J.B. Location in Flagstaff in Pondoland in what
was then the Transkei bantustan. His mother was from the Radebe
family and she kept the home. His father was secretary of the
congress that went into revolt on Ngquza Hill in 1960. More than
4 000 men occupied Ngquza Hill. They were determined to fight
for their land and for their dignity. The apartheid state sent
in the military and there was a massacre. The courage of the men
on Ngquza Hill is always remembered in Pondoland today. The
songs from that struggle, like 'Asiyifuni idompas', are still
sung today. When Lindela was a young boy the police used to come
to their home from time to time, kick in the door and kidnap his
father. Sometimes they would take him to a place known as Betani
where they would force him to dig potatoes with his hands saying
that they did not want to risk damaging their tools. When he
came home his fingernails would be red.