Students going into exile to Tanzania to join Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK). Here four young students are interviewed by a Dar es Salaam journalist, Abdulla Riyami in Tanzania. From left to right; Miss Elsie Abrahams Biki (15), her brother Ernest Abrahams Biki (17), Michael Simango (17), and Richard Gardiner (16). The students took part in a demonstration and they said they were on the South African list of wanted people.
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Students going into exile to Tanzania to join Umkhonto we Sizwe
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South African History Online. (2011, March 28). Students going into exile to Tanzania to join Umkhonto we Sizwe . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0042715
South African History Online (2011) 'Students going into exile to Tanzania to join Umkhonto we Sizwe ', South African History Online, 28 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0042715 (Accessed: 6 September 2026).
South African History Online, Students going into exile to Tanzania to join Umkhonto we Sizwe [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0042715, (accessed 6 September 2026).
"Students going into exile to Tanzania to join Umkhonto we Sizwe ." South African History Online, 28 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0042715. Accessed 6 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "Students going into exile to Tanzania to join Umkhonto we Sizwe ." South African History Online. March 28, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0042715.
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