Mr Mandela is often referred to as âKhuluâ, which means great, paramount, grand. The speaker means âGreat Oneâ when referring to Mr Mandela in this way. It is also a shortened form of the isiXhosa word âTat'omkhuluâ for âgrandfatherâ.
I assume 'Pico' is a name. Boku refers to oneself (like 'watashi', 'ore', 'washi', etc.) like 'I' and 'no' indicates possession (for example, 'boku no inu' would be 'my dog' or 'dog of mine' (in reverse order since dog appears at the end in the Japanese sentence) since 'inu' is dog in Japanese).
Raku is a pottery technique that can turn rust (or other oxide) back into metal. You coat the piece with oxide, fire it, then deprive it of oxygen while hot (we used a metal garbage can with tight fitting lid, wood shavings in the bottom as a cushion).