Connections
Alex la Guma
28 PEOPLE
- Dr Abdullah AbdurahmanMedical Doctor, Cape Muslim leader & founder of the anti-apartheid movement, African…
- James Edward AprilTeacher, member of the South African Coloured People’s Congress and MK, ANC, Robben…
- George John Goldingschool principal, editor, involved in politics
- Zainunnisa “Cissie” GoolLeader of the NLL and NEUF, member of the FAC, advocate and representative on the Cape…
- James la GumaTrade unionist and political activist, member of the ICU, CPSA and the ANC
- Stanley B. LollanSecretary of SACPO in the Transvaal and 1956 Treason Trialist
- Jim BaileyFounder of Drum magazine (1950) and The Golden City Post (1955), author, historian, poet…
- Ernest ColeThe first photojournalist to expose to the world the stark realities of life under the…
- Alfred KhumaloJournalist and photographer for Drum magazine
- Arthur MaimaneJournalist and writer
- Todd Tozama MatshikizaSouth African jazz pianist, composer and journalist.
- William “Bloke” ModisaneJournalist, writer, and actor
- Es’kia MphahleleSouth African writer, academic, arts activist and African Humanist
- Ndazana Nathaniel Nakasa (Nat Nakasa)Journalist and author
- Lewis NkosiSouth African writer, academic and literary critic
- Richard RiveSouth African author, writer for Drum magazine in the 1950s, literary critic and teacher
- Anthony SampsonBritish writer and journalist, editor of Drum magazine in Johannesburg during the 1950s
- Jürgen SchadebergSouth African photographer and artist
- Adams Farid Ahmed Member of the SAIC and the SACP, 1956 Treason Trialist
- Jacqueline (Jackie) ArensteinJournalist, Legal Advisor to Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, jailed from 1966-1970 under the…
- Mohamed (Bob) Suleman AsmalCommerical traveller, executive member of the Transvaal Indian Congress and a member of…
- Frances BaardOrganiser of the African National Congress (ANC) Women’s League and Trade Unionist.
- Yetta BarenblattTrade Unionist, member of the East London Worker’s Civic League and Secretary of the…
- Hymie Barsel1956 Treason Trialist and member of the SACP
- Lionel Rusty BernsteinWriter, Political Activist, Architect, SACP and MK member, banned person, politcal…
- Isaac BokalaTeacher, member of the African National Congress (ANC) Youth League. Bokala was active in…
- Sonia Beryl BuntingMember of the SACP, Founder member of the Cape Town Friends of Cuba Society
- Blanche la GumaMember of the Communist Party of South Africa, specialised midwife, politically active in…