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8,074 records
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| B-0009242 | biography | Mary Susan Malahlela-Xakana | 1916-1981 | ✓ |
| B-0150226 | biography | Mary Thipe | 1917-2000 | ✓ |
| B-0008328 | biography | Neville Allan Lewis | 1895-1972 | – |
| B-0008190 | biography | Davidson Don Tengo Jabavu | 1885-1959 | ✓ |
| B-0096410 | biography | Lucy Buyaphi Mvubelo | 1920-2000 | ✓ |
| B-0095114 | biography | Kalushi Drake Koka | 1927-2005 | ✓ |
| B-0007855 | biography | Stephen Bantu Biko | 1946-1977 | ✓ |
| B-0149616 | biography | Adelaine Florence Hain | 1927-2019 | ✓ |
| B-0008933 | biography | Daniel Sefudi Rakgoathe | 1937-2004 | ✓ |
| B-0065300 | biography | Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela | 1918-2013 | ✓ |
| B-0096633 | biography | Mthuli ka Shezi | 1947-1972 | – |
| B-0084446 | biography | Herbert Isaac Ernest Dhlomo | 1903-1956 | ✓ |
| B-0074109 | biography | Eulalie Doreen Stott | 1922-2010 | ✓ |
| B-0150804 | biography | Nithianandan ‘Elvis' Ganese Govender | 1958-1995 | ✓ |
| B-0008586 | biography | Thamsanqa “Thami” Mnyele | 1948-1985 | ✓ |
| B-0149402 | biography | Johannes Nkosi | 1905-1930 | ✓ |
| B-0151008 | biography | Zuleikha Mayat | 1926-2024 | ✓ |
| B-0008512 | biography | Eric Mbatha | 1948 | – |
| B-0008203 | biography | Wopko Jensma | 1939 | ✓ |
| B-0066279 | biography | Mapetla Frank Mohapi | 1947-1976 | – |
| B-0096510 | biography | Dr. Oshadi Maphefo Jane Mangena | 1931-2015 | ✓ |
| B-0008484 | biography | James Matthews | 1929-2024 | ✓ |
| B-0099279 | biography | Saleem Badat | 1957 | ✓ |
| B-0009036 | biography | Cyprian Mpho Shilakoe | 1946-1972 | ✓ |
| B-0149443 | biography | Josiah Thugwane | 1971 | – |
| B-0007781 | biography | Kerr Alexander | 1885-1970 | – |
| B-0008376 | biography | Reverend Zaccheus Richard Mahabane | 1881-1971 | ✓ |
| B-0097180 | biography | Keorapetse William Kgositsile | 1938-2018 | ✓ |
| B-0008737 | biography | Govindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo | 1860-1930 | ✓ |
| B-0121549 | biography | Zanele Muholi | 1972 | – |
BiographyMary Susan Malahlela-Xakana
… believed to be a curse. Malahele-Xakana became the first Black woman to register as a medical doctor in South Africa … Fund to study medicine. Medical…
BiographyMary Thipe
… against the apartheid government’s strategies to keep Black families on the back foot, but she also fought against … boycott that was in response to the…
BiographyNeville Allan Lewis
… of the large number of Lewis’s portraits of rural black South Africans, as well as his portraits of black soldiers during World War II, reveals much about…
BiographyDavidson Don Tengo Jabavu
… who founded and also became the editor of the first Black-owned newspaper in 1884, Imvo Zabantsundu (Black opinion). His father was also a founding member of…
BiographyLucy Buyaphi Mvubelo
… Kadalie . At the time, the ICU was the most influential Black union in the 1920s. She became involved with the … Garment Workers’ Union in 1946 and was one…
BiographyKalushi Drake Koka
… alongside Steve Biko and became a founding member of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM). He was appointed as … formed in 1971 which precipitated the…
BiographyStephen Bantu Biko
… Stephen (Steve) Bantu Biko was a popular voice of Black liberation in South Africa between the mid 1960s and … PAC had been officially banned, and the…
BiographyAdelaine Florence Hain
… citadel of apartheid, fighting for civil rights. In local black townships like Atteridgeville, Lady Selborne and … at her while she bathed, she was haunted…
BiographyDaniel Sefudi Rakgoathe
… VI, Rakgoathe was taught art by Mr Maseko, one f the first black handicrafts teachers in South Africa. Rakgoathe … Durban (solo). 1974: (solo). Diakonia…
BiographyNelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… in 1938 and as such, formed part of a very small number of black pupils who had attained a high school education in … the university’s ultimatum to take his…
BiographyMthuli ka Shezi
… Mthuli ka Shezi was a leading Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) intellectual. He was also … when he became vice president of the BCM affiliate, the Black…
BiographyHerbert Isaac Ernest Dhlomo
… Reginald Dhlomo (R.R.R.), a prominent Zulu writer among Black South Africans in the early twentieth century. … Dhlomo himself writes that “Natives prize…
BiographyEulalie Doreen Stott
… African women. In 1955 she became a founder member of the Black Sash in Cape Town and became even more politically vocal. The Black Sash then became involved…
BiographyNithianandan ‘Elvis' Ganese Govender
… Students' Organisation (SASO-the pro-liberation voice of black students) and had been recruited into the African … self-help projects and programmes to…
BiographyThamsanqa “Thami” Mnyele
… school fees, so he left school. In 1971, he joined Mhloti Black Theatre. Years later, he wrote: "From time immemorial, Black talent in South Africa was white…
BiographyJohannes Nkosi
… During the riots the ICU yase Natal was the strongest black organization in Durban, but the moderation of its … and an honorary position as a revolutionary…
BiographyZuleikha Mayat
… comprising of women from all walks of life – Black, White, Christian , Hindu , Jewish , and so on … Mayat did in her personal capacity. She worked with the…
BiographyEric Mbatha
… queens is seen in the Campbell Smith Collection in a black and white version. The same image is an example of an … inked various sections of the plate in…
BiographyWopko 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…
BiographyMapetla 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…
BiographyDr. Oshadi Maphefo Jane Mangena
… to wait for an ambulance inside her home, as she was Black. She was a trained nurse before she became involved … Reverend Beyers Naude . In the early 1970s…
BiographyJames 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…
BiographySaleem Badat
… at considerable personal cost. At first aligned to the Black Consciousness Movement , and then joined the United … appointed Vice-Chancellor of Rhodes…
BiographyCyprian Mpho Shilakoe
… Week). Brooklyn Museum and Public Library, New York, USA (Black SA Contemporary Graphics). 1977-9: West Germany - tour … Print makers). 1981: Jabulani…
BiographyJosiah Thugwane
… Josiah Thugwane was the first Black South African athlete to win an Olympic gold medal. He … SA thlete and first Black South African athlete to win an…
BiographyKerr 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…
BiographyReverend 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…
BiographyKeorapetse 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…
BiographyGovindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo
… forfeit their right to stay in the Transvaal and could face fines, imprisonment or deportation. Such certificates … through his very veins. His firmness was…
BiographyZanele 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…