Wayefuna ukufundela ukubangu Gqirha, kodwa akukho Yunivesithi eyayithatha abafundi abamnyama ngeloxesha, ze wancamela ukufunda izibalo (mathematics) ne physics kwi Yunivesithi yase Fort Hare apho wadibana khona okokuqala no Mandela. Ngonyaka ka 1942 wadibana no Walter Sisulu eRhawutini ze wazibandakanya neqembu longqondongqondo (elali quka uNelson Mandela) owayevuselela umbutho we African National Congress (ANC). uTambo waba ligqwetha ngonyaka ka 1952 ze uMandela owayeli gqwetha naye wamcela basebenze bobabini. Iofisi zabo zazi se Chancellor House eRhawutini, yaba yi ofisi yama Gqwetha yokusebenzela uMandela noTambo.
uTambo waba selubhacweni iminyaka engama shumi amathathu ehamba kakhulu ekhankasela i-ANC ecacisa nangemeko yengcinezelo eMzantsi Afrika. Wathetha ne UN ngo 1963 apho isicelo sakhe sokukhululwa kwamabanjwa ezopolitiko saqhwatyelwa izandla. Kumfanekiso ngu Oliver no Nelson bedibana okokuqala kumhlaba wase Mzantsi Afrika, emveni kokubuya kuka Tambo elubhacweni lweminyaka engamashumi amathathu (30) ngomhla ka 13 December ngonyaka ka 1990.
“Njengoba ndandiphuma emnyango ndisingise kwi sango elikhokelele kwi mpumelelo yam, ndandisazi ukuba andishiyi inzondo nesixhiba ngasemva, ndiyakube ndisese ntolongweni.” ~ Nelson Mandela
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