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Chief Faku
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Chief Faku
11 April 2021
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Brian Percy Bunting
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Brian Percy Bunting
9 April 2021
Journalist, Native Representative in the House of Assembly,Western Cape, chief editor of the Guardian, editor of the Afr...
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Manifesto of the Pan Afrcanist Congress of Azania
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Manifesto of the Pan Afrcanist Congress of Azania
8 April 2021
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Bantu Dramatic Society, Johannesburg
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Bantu Dramatic Society, Johannesburg
8 April 2021
The Bantu Dramatic Society was founded in Johannesburg by Herbet Dhlomo in 1933 and was devoted to promoting black theat...
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Mohamed Salim Essop
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Mohamed Salim Essop
7 April 2021
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Dr Essop Essak Jassat
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Dr Essop Essak Jassat
7 April 2021
Medical doctor, Chairperson of the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress, the Transvaal Indian Congress and the Transvaal anti...
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Suliman Moosa Esakjee
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Suliman Moosa Esakjee
7 April 2021
Political activist and Treason Trialist involved in the Traansvaal Indian Congress, the Congress of the People, the 1946...
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David Ernst
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David Ernst
7 April 2021
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The Battle of Adwa- Reflections on Ethiopia's Historic Victory against European Colonialism
7 April 2021
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Turning Adwa into a global heritage site of Pan-African struggle by Mammo Muchie (Pambazuka News), 02 March 2016
7 April 2021
March 1 marks the 120th anniversary of the Battle of Adwa, a decisive victory of Ethiopia over Italian colonialism. This...
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If we want to understand African history, we need to understand the Battle of Adwa by Hannah Giorgis (Pambazuka News), 02 Mar 2016
7 April 2021
The battle - and the greater narrative of Ethiopia’s independence – is a powerful symbol of African resistance to Europe...
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Document 48 - “The Anti-C.A.D. and the Trade Unions”, The Torch, 1 April 1958
7 April 2021
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 48...
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Document 47 - “Answer to Government’s Apartheid Unions”, The Citizen. 1 3, 30 April 1956
7 April 2021
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 47...
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Document 46 - D. Tloome, “The Origin and Development of Non-European Trade Unions”, lecture delivered to the Johannesburg Discussion Club on 27 February 1953, Viewpoints and Perspectives. L 1,21 February 1953
7 April 2021
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 46...
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Document 45 - Ray Alexander, “Trade Unionism in South Africa”, Discussion, 1, 6, 1952
7 April 2021
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 45...
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