thousand nine hundred and eighty six who heeded the call of president oliver tambo to fight when he addressed the one thousand nine hundred and eighty five consultative conference of the anc in kabwe zambia we took to the streets at the early age of eight we knew the enemy we were arrested detained and beaten and our parents were in exile we knew the aroma of teargas we cried and in tears we ran home at the age of five we knew that when there was a knock at the door we had to hide under the beds or in the ceilings then those who don’t know this history tell us that we don’t know anything about apartheid this continued until nineteen ninety four