“Experience is the best legacy men could possess and never desert in life.”

— Nelson Mandela

Quoted in: Kabir, Hajara Muhammad (2010). Northern women development. [Nigeria]. ISBN 978-978-906-469-4. OCLC 890820657.
1980s

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