Africa

The Anti-Apartheid Movement Abroad 1906 - 1990

1906 The African National Congress (ANC) sends a delegation to the UK in response to the implementation of new land law...

Peter Henry Abrahams timeline 1919 - 1985

1919 Peter Abrahams is born in Vrededorp, Johannesburg in March 1919 to an Ethiopian father and a Coloured mother. His...

Peter Henry Abrahams

Author, journalist

Manto Tshabalala-Msimang timeline 1940 - 2009

1940 9 October, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang is born in Durban, KwaZulu Natal. 1959 Tshabalala-Msimang matriculates fr...

Dr. Abu Baker Asvat Newspaper Clippings

Address to the Annual Conference of the Natal, 23 November 1951

Luthuli was elected President of the ANC (Natal branch) in 1951 and this speech was delivered at the Bantu Social Centre...

Excerpts from Chief Luthuli’s evidence at the treason trial dealing with his understanding of a non-violent liberation struggle

Have you ever expressed any views yourself in regard to the advantages or disadvantages of a non-violent struggle? Well...

The Road to Freedom is Via the Cross, 1952

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We don’t want crumbs, 1962

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Message by Albert Luthuli for the Observance of South Africa Freedom Day on June 26, 1953

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Albert Luthuli’s Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize, Oslo, December 10, 1961

Your Majesty, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen, here present! On an occasion like this words fail one. This is the mo...

Letter To The Prime Minister, Mr J.C. Strijdom, 28 May 1957

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The African National Congress in recent years especially the last seven years, 1952

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Presidential Address to the 42nd Annual Conference of the African National Congress, Queenstown, 18-20 December 1953

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Resist Apartheid Campaign Message to Meeting in Johannesburg, 11 July 1954

Chief Lutuli intended to address a meeting in Johannesburg on July 11, 1954, in protest against the Western Areas Remova...