What Is Nelson Mandela's Real Name? | The Daily Show With Trevor Noah

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  • Trevor highlights the life of Nelson Mandela, from his imprisonment for fighting racist government oppression to his historic tenure as South Africa's first black president.
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  • @najmaahmed1797
    @najmaahmed1797 Před 5 lety +497

    They kid left the house as Rolihlahal and than came back as Nelson 😂😂🤣🤣

  • @tshiamokgotle4026
    @tshiamokgotle4026 Před 5 lety +388

    My South Africans where you at ?

  • @carbrained
    @carbrained Před 5 lety +373

    That makes me want more audiobooks from Trevor. He's such a good storyteller, especially when it comes to his native country

    • @jancovanderwesthuizen8070
      @jancovanderwesthuizen8070 Před 5 lety +6

      Роман Хакимов
      Just keep in mind he's only telling you one side of the story

    • @thamsanqandlovu4037
      @thamsanqandlovu4037 Před 5 lety +8

      I’m guessing you have some other way which you think events played out Janco van der Westhuizen

    • @jancovanderwesthuizen8070
      @jancovanderwesthuizen8070 Před 5 lety +4

      Tham Ndlovu All I'm saying is that people are getting a very one sided view, and there's always more than one side from which to look at history

    • @carbrained
      @carbrained Před 5 lety +3

      Janco van der Westhuizen, you think a Russian (or any Slav really) wouldn't know that? Heck, most of our recent history is based on misunderstanding, bias and propaganda coming from all sides.

    • @josephinenkinyanjui.275
      @josephinenkinyanjui.275 Před 5 lety +2

      Janco van der Westhuizen then tell us the other side of the story...am sure his part is done we await your part of the story.

  • @TableForOne1976
    @TableForOne1976 Před 5 lety +325

    Trevor, thank you for all the ways you use your platform to educate others and to try to broaden our perspectives.

  • @elifkopat
    @elifkopat Před 5 lety +226

    The Scarlet bit hahhaha

  • @jennmokgadi3438
    @jennmokgadi3438 Před 4 lety +72

    The sad part is all this Mandela movies do not even have one single African person playing the part

    • @yaboi494
      @yaboi494 Před 3 lety +1

      Jenn Mokgadi Sad :(

    • @sike1035
      @sike1035 Před 3 lety +2

      That would never happen

  • @NikielGovender
    @NikielGovender Před 5 lety +1145

    who else is from South Africa?

  • @hazel8882
    @hazel8882 Před 5 lety +45

    "Ignorant brings chaos, not knowledge" Trevor wit and his intelligence is remarkable.

  • @y_fam_goeglyd
    @y_fam_goeglyd Před 5 lety +73

    I'm sure that Mr Mandela would have loved this. He had such a wonderful sense of humour and always appeared to be happy to take the micky out of himself. I genuinely reckon that Trevor would have had a top man as a fan! :-D

  • @pancon9947
    @pancon9947 Před 5 lety +22

    The gluten joke was amazing

  • @IntimacywithGod121
    @IntimacywithGod121 Před 5 lety +9

    Trevor's jokes bring healing

  • @MrCred_
    @MrCred_ Před 4 lety +6

    When Scarlett came on screen I died 🤣

  • @amyslimmen7637
    @amyslimmen7637 Před 5 lety +7

    My husband has lived there most of his life. I’ve lived in Richardsbay for four years, miss it terribly!

  • @the_relm
    @the_relm Před 4 lety +12

    Partly, "Rholihlahla" means "troublemaker" which is why Ms Mdingane asked for a Christian name. But, one the other hand, we Africans had to have a pronounceable name by whites. I don't understand how Trevor mispronounced the name. It's "Rh" pronounced with a throaty phonetic "ch" for Achmed in Arabic, not "R". And I say this because I'm Mpondo and Xhosa speaking, Trevor is half-Xhosa too but grew up speaking IsiZulu in Soweto. But his nana was Xhosa, so I don't know why.

    • @NonanoN-er6de
      @NonanoN-er6de Před rokem +1

      It is originally Ahmad. That's an arabic name. Achmed is a foreign pronunciation- turks/russians etc.

  • @bellaafrica4951
    @bellaafrica4951 Před 5 lety +69

    I'm sorry' how many Mandelas have we had from Hollywood?

  • @silasnare912
    @silasnare912 Před 4 lety +2

    Thanks Mr Trevor Noah..This platform educates

  • @johnkanuwoko3124
    @johnkanuwoko3124 Před 5 lety +6

    This is informative and Enlightening!

  • @aadil6307
    @aadil6307 Před 5 lety +48

    "She said no i don't want that one" haha...
    R.I.P Madiba...

  • @jordyndavis3426
    @jordyndavis3426 Před 5 lety +69

    I live in south Africa

  • @carlagaskinsa6357
    @carlagaskinsa6357 Před 5 lety +5

    Man I love Trevor, I found out about the name thing in primary school. It's so awesome how Trevor brings awareness of South Africa with humour.

  • @missondo4887
    @missondo4887 Před 5 lety +18

    I love 💖 Trevor

  • @peterpandesaltv446
    @peterpandesaltv446 Před 3 lety +4

    no your name is jeremy now
    aaahhhh... they got me too aaaahhhh
    🤣🤣🤣

  • @tpsetati
    @tpsetati Před 5 lety +63

    Educate them Trevor! In their language!

  • @ntsigoz
    @ntsigoz Před 5 lety +5

    I'm a big fan keep those stories. rolling from Ebhayi.

  • @Lelo.Machaka
    @Lelo.Machaka Před 4 lety +6

    'Ahhh they got me too'
    😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @bothamosala4892
    @bothamosala4892 Před 4 lety +3

    Wow I didn't know that Nelson was a name given from school #amazing

  • @vazak11
    @vazak11 Před 5 lety

    Very informative!

  • @venus1990able
    @venus1990able Před 4 lety +1

    Love from 🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹

  • @matmul4850
    @matmul4850 Před 5 lety +27

    That Gluten joke 👌 so true

  • @sivmeist3r207
    @sivmeist3r207 Před 5 lety

    Salute from eBhayi, PE.

  • @LauraGriffs
    @LauraGriffs Před 5 lety +4

    "You are now Jeremy." "ahhh they got me too!" buhahaha

  • @nilsaiivyarts
    @nilsaiivyarts Před 4 lety

    Love Trevor 🙂

  • @sydneymathoto5401
    @sydneymathoto5401 Před 5 lety +4

    Trevor I appreciate your art man u know how to engage with our lives phycologically. U keeps me laugh even in my dreams.big up T Noah

  • @EL0DIN
    @EL0DIN Před 5 lety +4

    R.I.P baba madiba may you rest in peace. Your legacy will live on

  • @rimbluebooks
    @rimbluebooks Před 5 lety

    That Johanson shade tho 😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @BOJAAKMUSIC
    @BOJAAKMUSIC Před 2 lety

    I'm here because of my midterm paper and I must say im glad to be here

  • @Alfadrottning86
    @Alfadrottning86 Před 5 lety

    oh, i didnt know that .. learn something new through comedy central each day

  • @modialproductions
    @modialproductions Před 5 lety

    Woooow

  • @mad-cyantist3159
    @mad-cyantist3159 Před 5 lety +207

    Nobody Should Ever Call Him Nelson, Welcome Rolihlahla Mandela

    • @gabrielfraser2109
      @gabrielfraser2109 Před 5 lety +29

      Mad-Cyantist he was proud of his name. But if you want to be more endearing, call him Madiba.

    • @mad-cyantist3159
      @mad-cyantist3159 Před 5 lety +4

      I doubt he did, since that was not his real name, acting title

    • @ryanmitchell7347
      @ryanmitchell7347 Před 5 lety +13

      He literally referred to himself as Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela.

    • @mad-cyantist3159
      @mad-cyantist3159 Před 5 lety +2

      ....& that confirms that he is proud of it, not that he just uses because that's now the Norm...?
      & y is this even an argument, can you not say it or something?

    • @ryanmitchell7347
      @ryanmitchell7347 Před 5 lety +20

      I'm literally South African, and everyone refers to him as Nelson, as did he. Who are you to tell US what he wants to be refered by? I call him Nelson Mandela, as does everyone at in South Africa, yet we all know and can pronounce Rolihlahla. We don't use all three names because that's obviously unnecessary. There's no problem in calling him Rolihlahla only, but that's not what the man himself did, and you're in no authority to tell anyone else to.

  • @emihledaniel6378
    @emihledaniel6378 Před 5 lety +1

    I learned that since grade 2 I'm in grade 5 now

  • @a.demifemiflapo5795
    @a.demifemiflapo5795 Před 4 lety +3

    2:25 😂😂😂

  • @sikhululekileluphahla6095
    @sikhululekileluphahla6095 Před 5 lety +22

    Don't lose your ecsent ntwana 😜😂😂😂

  • @AuntieWelly
    @AuntieWelly Před 5 lety

    He tells this story in his autobiography and he also tells us Rolihlahla means 'Troublemaker'.

  • @keepitprivate3856
    @keepitprivate3856 Před 4 lety +6

    That's what happen in most Asia countries, teachers just give you a English name so that they can call you

  • @markwrenn8569
    @markwrenn8569 Před rokem +2

    As a number of previous contributors have already pointed out, Nelson Mandela's Xhosa name, Rolihlahla, means "Troublemaker". Well, they certainly got that right... just ask the National Party governments he campaigned against!

  • @back2musica496
    @back2musica496 Před 5 lety

    😂 😂 😂 😂 Trevor

  • @mustafamckinlay-malas801
    @mustafamckinlay-malas801 Před 5 lety +5

    trevooooorrrrrrrrr !!!!!!!

  • @mohamedshelare153
    @mohamedshelare153 Před 5 lety

    Woow this is A knowledge

  • @taminangmiranda8561
    @taminangmiranda8561 Před 5 lety

    03:54 that sounds like Shaq Oneal😂

  • @thisisnaive
    @thisisnaive Před 3 lety +2

    Hilarious!!!!😂😂

  • @stephiey7515
    @stephiey7515 Před 5 lety

    who else thought of that my name is kunta kinte scene from roots

  • @annemuchiri3004
    @annemuchiri3004 Před 5 lety +1

    Trevor tell them baby son. I am not South African but I lived there for some 20yrs. Back when black non South African were called " Kwele kwele". Go on son represent all of us. May the mighty lord bless you.

  • @lethiwezungu1554
    @lethiwezungu1554 Před 5 lety +4

    Oh Trevor😂😂😂

  • @laijui
    @laijui Před 5 lety +17

    U kinda look like a young Nelson from the photo. Maybe u should consider playing him as well. U already hv a lockdown on the accent.

    • @Kimmie33166
      @Kimmie33166 Před 5 lety

      I was thinking the same thing.

    • @seunosewa
      @seunosewa Před 5 lety

      Trevor has a lockdown on every accent. He could have been the "blake painter"

    • @godiraonasetlhabi7992
      @godiraonasetlhabi7992 Před 5 lety

      And the language... honestly it's not like Madiba spent so much time speaking English...Its kinda annoying actually...

    • @TheDjWonderz
      @TheDjWonderz Před 5 lety

      Hes too light skinned

  • @kwashi7228
    @kwashi7228 Před 5 lety +5

    Proudly South African! And i can finally say his name😊

    • @elvisishakmboni4333
      @elvisishakmboni4333 Před 5 lety

      Caitlin Rose what were you doing in primary school during social science?😁

    • @kwashi7228
      @kwashi7228 Před 4 lety +1

      @@elvisishakmboni4333 i struggled OK😂😂😂

  • @vuyoludidi9851
    @vuyoludidi9851 Před 5 lety +86

    Haibo Trevor, since when could you not pronounce Rolihlahla?

    • @FadzaiSimango
      @FadzaiSimango Před 5 lety +6

      Vuyo Ludidi You know! I was wondering?

    • @rethy__
      @rethy__ Před 5 lety +3

      Heee ndothuka lo nto vha 😂😂😂 unezimanga uTrevor ndikuxelele!

    • @chatblog7600
      @chatblog7600 Před 5 lety +2

      usile yaz lo trevor nxa, udinga isiko .

    • @vuyoludidi9851
      @vuyoludidi9851 Před 5 lety +4

      A part of me thinks sometimes he is trying too hard to impress the Americans or ukubabonelela !!

    • @pylchott9864
      @pylchott9864 Před 5 lety +6

      His first language is English, not Xhosa. My guess is he's far more proficient in German than he is in Xhosa!

  • @AntonLA_
    @AntonLA_ Před 5 lety

    Nice one Noah

  • @julesrafaelmag-isa681
    @julesrafaelmag-isa681 Před 2 lety

    "...like non-gluten people controlling all of our menus" is similar to anybody messing with almost everything, tbh.

  • @thisbishawesome
    @thisbishawesome Před 3 lety +1

    1:59

  • @noahbalcita819
    @noahbalcita819 Před 5 lety

    I choked on my gluten-free fries there 😂

  • @ErycOyugi
    @ErycOyugi Před 5 lety

    a point of correction Trevor ..... obama's first big speech was in Kenya Kogelo a day before mandela's birthday

  • @razr_sky4785
    @razr_sky4785 Před 5 lety

    Madiba!!!

  • @hairylarry1097
    @hairylarry1097 Před 3 lety

    Jeremy 😂😂😂

  • @nhokonhokopuala
    @nhokonhokopuala Před 5 lety +38

    Ehehehehe "it doesn't go well with the narrative"...

  • @skememusicjameni
    @skememusicjameni Před 5 lety +1

    Trevaar you are funny bro!

  • @fulmato3440
    @fulmato3440 Před 5 lety +1

    "They got me too" 😂😂😂

  • @angelstar5084
    @angelstar5084 Před 5 lety +4

    Lets talk about Eskom, and how they have spent 20 billion on irregular expenses, and that's why we have load shredding and that why the fees keep escalating making it unaffordable for the poor to afford.

    • @Mlindos
      @Mlindos Před 5 lety +1

      This is not random at all😑

  • @golidenesiliva7578
    @golidenesiliva7578 Před 5 lety

    I love Trevor lol

  • @cbucicocimama9517
    @cbucicocimama9517 Před 5 lety

    Rholihlahla in my home language isixhosa his manhood name Dalibhunga both names has a deep meaning in isixhosa

  • @nonelemakubalo7907
    @nonelemakubalo7907 Před 5 lety +27

    Rholihlahla is pronounced like you're guggling with salt water.. rhrhrhrhrhrhrh not roll as in rolling a Swiss roll....

  • @Mad9977
    @Mad9977 Před 5 lety +2

    "no your name is Jeremy now" - "aaaaah!" 😂

  • @jey1man937
    @jey1man937 Před 5 lety +10

    I must admit that name is very hard to pronounce and I am African

  • @idas2304
    @idas2304 Před 5 lety +2

    Trevor something that you forgot to tell the Americans is that the Miss Mdingane who changed Mandela's name was a black teacher, so it was not the "oppressive whites" who did that.

    • @judyannlubiano8493
      @judyannlubiano8493 Před 4 lety +7

      She was a black teacher operating under apartheid rules. It was systemic. So there is little difference.

  • @ghomekid2
    @ghomekid2 Před 5 lety

    The effect

  • @lanceanderson379
    @lanceanderson379 Před 5 lety +1

    Like in rugby we can see that the black people really make a huge impact

  • @ethanthom4977
    @ethanthom4977 Před 5 lety +1

    Trevor his parents died when he was young he went to live with his uncle and he was the only person to go to school in his family

  • @thesipworld6300
    @thesipworld6300 Před 5 lety +6

    U can't even get your friends into ur birthday party and u alive🤣😂🤣😂😅

  • @ahmedessa1364
    @ahmedessa1364 Před 5 lety

    Where can I find Scarlet as Mandela?

  • @lebolenepa8266
    @lebolenepa8266 Před 5 lety +6

    Lol Trevor for half Xhosa guy, it's not pronounce with an R

  • @kingsmasher96og
    @kingsmasher96og Před 5 lety

    The way Mandela Prounces his "real" name sounds like "rokho lilah" which sounds VERY familiar to the Arabic "Rooh ULL illah" , which translates to "Soul of the God"..

    • @mtk86ntuli
      @mtk86ntuli Před 5 lety

      Ali-M rather pronounce it as "Holly-hla-hla" even though Holly is pronounced as you would pronounce Van "G"aal, in the netherlands

  • @rethy__
    @rethy__ Před 5 lety +64

    Haybo guys, uTrevor can't say Rholihlahla now? Hamba America 🤷🏽‍♀️

  • @nondumisohestertshabalala4409

    Profound

  • @joaquinpraveenvishnu8509
    @joaquinpraveenvishnu8509 Před 5 lety +8

    Trevor you are the reason why I love America...and you are not even American....

  • @anelisafotoyi557
    @anelisafotoyi557 Před 5 lety

    'Rolihlahla' but mara Mr Trevor Noah🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂

  • @mskeysnote14
    @mskeysnote14 Před 5 lety +32

    Sad to say that still happens in African countries. You can't baptize your child if they don't have a Christian name. My theory is, what does a name have to do with anything. I could be more holy than someone my age that calls them self Jesus, or Mohammed. Its ridiculous I think. This is why I applaud Nigerians... They'll have 20 names and none of them Christian or white.

    • @thabuneni26nxaa
      @thabuneni26nxaa Před 5 lety +5

      Nigerians?!! Am yet to meet one without an English name!

    • @mskeysnote14
      @mskeysnote14 Před 5 lety +2

      thabuneni26nxaa .... Really? The ones av come across all have traditional names. Also the ones with English names, come to find out, they've just cut their traditional names short

    • @ohuiafikwao9552
      @ohuiafikwao9552 Před 5 lety +2

      The English name you know is most likely a shortened version of the traditional name. Eg. Lara (short version) Oluwalarasheyo (long traditional version)

    • @tizzadebayo5973
      @tizzadebayo5973 Před 5 lety +1

      thabuneni26nxaa our names have serious length. Like I'm the only one in my house that first name got shortened 5 times because even my set mates who are from the same tribe as me couldnt handle it.

    • @girlwithajournal9375
      @girlwithajournal9375 Před 5 lety +1

      Mohammed is a Muslim name. However, as a Muslim, I don't see an issue with calling anyone a name that isn't necessarily from a religion itself. Islam doesn't require you to change your name ❤

  • @chrisrichmond1941
    @chrisrichmond1941 Před 5 lety +24

    I remember watching news footage from South Africa, with police thrashing protestors with sjambok (rhino-hide) whips, and the rows over the sport/cultural boycott of the apartheid regime.
    SA is not perfect now, but the relief when that system ended was palpable.
    I even got to see Mandela speak in Trafalgar Square, even if he wasn't really called Nelson! :-)

  • @ekah_esther
    @ekah_esther Před 5 lety

    Rest In Peace My Hero Madiba

  • @chelseaok1684
    @chelseaok1684 Před rokem

    His father died before he was in elementary he lived with his Uncle

  • @dasalekhya
    @dasalekhya Před 5 lety

    *_roa lee laah laa_* easy !

  • @EvehOgban
    @EvehOgban Před 5 lety +6

    "There are 2 Nelson Mandelas, the first is played by every black actor in Hollywood". I thought I was the only one that was wondering why🤔

    • @annabambamjerky
      @annabambamjerky Před 5 lety

      Eveh Ogban their excuse was Mandela was tall and most SA male actors aren’t as tall as him 😂

    • @sowhat1273
      @sowhat1273 Před 5 lety

      @@annabambamjerky No, famous American actors bring in more audience. It's about the Benjamin.

  • @naoimporta58
    @naoimporta58 Před 5 lety +34

    Well, actually what Trevor said is only partially true. It is true, that giving the black people "christian names" was also because they didnt know how to pronounce the african words, but there's also a deeper meaning to it. Slaves were baptized and given another name too. Because, remember, the slavery apologetics was that they were saving the black people, so, by giving them a christian name, and teaching them how to be christian, they were actually saving them from going to eternal damnation, and, of course, they needed to atone of their sins of their blood and skin by being slaves. The whole "christian name" has layers of opression that are too far and wide to even say in this one CZcams comment.

    • @Evija3000
      @Evija3000 Před 5 lety

      Well my country is predominantly Christian since the late middle ages, but it was still customary to gain a christian name when being baptised like 80 years ago. Nothing to do with oppression, just a weird tradition, probably rooted in the Bible where some followers of Jesus were given new names.
      Of course it can be used as a form of oppression, but I don't think the idea itself is purely oppressive.

    • @jim3vdm
      @jim3vdm Před 5 lety +4

      Except that Trevor comes from a country where slavery ended officially over a century ago and the practice of renaming black people with English names was pretty much entirely, as he says, a racially driven piece of power politics. Supported in cases by churches but as a power dynamic rather than a soul-saving one.

    • @Tanrna
      @Tanrna Před 5 lety

      It seems you are confusing etymology and meaning.

    • @naoimporta58
      @naoimporta58 Před 5 lety

      No, I am not. I know that, today, "denigrate" is a synonym of "belittle" and when people say "You are denigrating someone" it doesn't mean " You are turning that person black ", but the root of this word is pretty telling about the colonial past. I'm not saying "ban the word denigrate". Denigrate is a sympton, not the cause. You can make a case for people to stop saying the world "denigrate" and explain the history behind the word, yes, but that's beyond the point.

    • @NegSteLucie
      @NegSteLucie Před 5 lety +4

      Eros Viana This was merely another element of deracination. The so called Christian names have almost nothing to do with Christianity. They are European names. The whole point was to divorce Africa people form their identities and to create identity confusion which then made them easier to manipulate. This is why we see so many Africans running around with ridiculous be names like Good luck Johnathan and Goodwill etc and rejecting beautiful b nsmes like Ngozi and Nneka.

  • @richelle7142
    @richelle7142 Před 5 lety +1

    I CACKLED when they showed Scarlett Johanson

  • @tukishotuks6531
    @tukishotuks6531 Před 5 lety +1

    😂😂😂from Rolihlahla n come back a Nelson 😭☝🔥😂

  • @abdullahidayib6039
    @abdullahidayib6039 Před 5 lety

    They got me too looool

  • @Peace4MEarth
    @Peace4MEarth Před 5 lety

    And Trump tried to reach Nelson Mandela to congratulate him on his 100th birthday LOL

  • @NK-uf1ek
    @NK-uf1ek Před 5 lety +13

    Mandela is a boss to still be given birthday parties even after he’s dead.

  • @thandymonay42
    @thandymonay42 Před 4 lety

    I can't see the comments

  • @kwanlinus6999
    @kwanlinus6999 Před 5 lety +12

    Basically the name changing policy is part of colonialisations conformity policy.

    • @johnnym3071
      @johnnym3071 Před 5 lety

      Yup, same in Botswana... We pretty much all got 2 first names there

  • @cbucicocimama9517
    @cbucicocimama9517 Před 5 lety

    I call him Dalibhunga by his royal name bcoz to abaThembu uMandela yinkosi(translate for them trevoh) NguDalibhunga Umadiba omde uzondwa zintshaba zingazumenzanto uhala umthikrakra uDlomo umthembu (trevoh translate lol)

  • @PrettyOmnificent333
    @PrettyOmnificent333 Před 5 lety

    No way people, she wasn't miming ?