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1939

Wopko Jensma

… spoke openly about the injustices that were experienced by Black people during apartheid. His poems Once and Now , … of apartheid laws, in Where White is the…

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1947-1976

Mapetla Frank Mohapi

… studying at Turfloop, he was drawn to the philosophy of Black Consciousness, and became active in the South African … in the Eastern Cape   . After students…

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1957

Saleem Badat

… at considerable personal cost. At first aligned to the Black Consciousness Movement , and then joined the United … appointed Vice-Chancellor of Rhodes…

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1929-2024

James Matthews

… and the townships, sprawled across the Cape Flats to which black people were forcibly removed. Having witnessed the … became, through his poetry, a leading…

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1933

Audrey Coleman

… politics while bringing up her sons, she later joined the Black Sash , eventually becoming national secretary.  In … Anti Apartheid activist, member of Black…

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Jack Monamudi Matsepe

… withdrawn in 1967. *In 1962, people from a ‘swartkol’ (‘black spot’), Maleuskop, between Groblersdal [Limpopo …

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1946-1972

Cyprian Mpho Shilakoe

… Week). Brooklyn Museum and Public Library, New York, USA (Black SA Contemporary Graphics). 1977-9: West Germany - tour … Print makers). 1981: Jabulani…

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1885-1970

Kerr Alexander

… year of his retirement. Kerr's influence in the sphere of black education was not confined to his college or even to South Africa. In 1922 he embarked on a…

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1881-1971

Reverend Zaccheus Richard Mahabane

… of the organization. Mahabane increasingly tried to attain Black unity. With the Coloured leader Dr A. Abdurahman  he … end of the 1920s Mahabane was anxious…

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1938-2018

Keorapetse William Kgositsile

… about the American jazz scene. He also founded the Black Arts Theatre in Harlem. In 1974 he was a founder member … over, not much had changed.  He constantly…

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1962

Jacob Koti Dikobo

… was at university, Dikobo became an active member of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) and served in its … involved in the underground structures of…

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1951

Judus Mahlangu

… 1976: Brooklyn Museum and Public Library, New York, USA (Black SA Contemporary Graphics). 1979: United Nations, New … NSA”” tour (group). 1981: Jabulani…

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1972

Zanele Muholi

… surrounding both blatant and epistemic violence against black queer communities in South Africa. “This is a time for … and mapping of our herstories is the…

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1955-2010

Benny (!Khoisan X) Alexander

… company in Wynberg. During this time he helped form the Black Health and Black Allied Workers Union of South Africa(BAWU), serving as … job to take up full…

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Harry Moyaga

… (qv.) and Thami Mnyeli responded to the call of the Black Consciousness movement as articulated by Steve Biko: ‘”¦ black consciousness has to be directed to…

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Diana (Di) Bishop

… married in 1975, her husband, Brian introduced her to the Black Sash movement. In the Black Sash she was involved in monitoring the Langa Pass Law … by the…

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1946-2006

Strinivasa “Strini” Moodley

… the whole scenario touched them by writing a satire titled Black on White. Its success led to it being performed in … places around Natal and eventually drew…

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1956

Graham Goddard

… on some personal photographic projects. The production of black and white photographic images interested him. It was … with Afrapix when Omar Badsha asked…

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1880-1919

Cecilia Makiwane

… an experimental nurse’s training school was opened for black nurses at the Lovedale Mission Hospital and in 1902 a … passing her exams, Makiwane was…

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1942-2019

Nomhle Nkonyeni

… from the King Alfred College.  Nkonyeni was the first black actress in theatre during the apartheid era in South …

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1931-2015

Lauretta Ngcobo

… Let it be Told  (1987) recounts the turbulent thoughts of black women writers in Britain in the 1980's, told in their … known books is “And They Didn’t Die”…

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1948

Paul Michael Sibisi

… Drift. He was the winner of the Graphic Art Award at the Black Expo of 1973. In 1974 he held a joint exhibition at the … (group). 1970: UFH (Annual…

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1917-1957

Henry ‘Mr Drum’ Nxumalo

… while still at school. Although opportunities for black journalists were very limited, the Post newspaper in … of change. The early post-war years were lean…

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1955-1985

Malesella Benjamin Moloise

… Benjamin Moloise was born in 1955 in Alexandra. he was a black upholsterer and poet. He was executed by apartheid … Prison for his supposed role in the 1982…

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1884-1933

Richard Msimang

… time he befriended political aware and overseas-educated black lawyers such as Pixley Seme and Alfred Mangena, who … rural areas to investigate the effect of…

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1948-2020

Ntongela Masilela

… articles and newspaper clippings highlighting the works of Black South African scholars and writers. This is reflected … articles he authored throughout his…

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1905

Ray Harmel (nee Adler)

… - separate lifts, separate washrooms, and so forth, for black and white garment workers.  Sachs believed it was the … In the early 1960s, hers was the first…

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1918-2002

Wolfie Kodesh

… conditions for soldiers deteriorated particularly for black soldiers and Kodesh took up their cause and demanded … with Ruth First to expose the appalling…

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1912-2002

John Jack Curtis

… in a rural and mining constituency that was opposed to black people having the vote. He lost his deposit. Curtis was … which he often said unnecessarily…

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1855-1920

Olive Schreiner

… opposed racism in whatever form, whether against Boers or Black people, both of whom were ‘underdogs’ in the early part … in South Africa and championed the…

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