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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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1860-1930

Govindasamy 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…

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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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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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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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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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1968

DJ Ready D (Deon Daniels)

… being Afrikaans and Cape slang, with less of an ‘in your face’ political angle. [13] As a result, Ready D was part of …

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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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1917-1993

Oliver Tambo

… wrote his Junior Certificate (JC) examination, alongside Black and White students in the Transvaal (now Gauteng). For … but at the time, no tertiary medical…

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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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1932-2007

Sydney Sipho Sepamla

… not Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban, but rather the ‘Black’ cities of Soweto, Langa and Kwa Mashu.  For a long … collection was banned during apartheid…

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1910-1990

Gerard Bhengu

… From 1940 to 1949 he painted scenes of everyday black life as well as portraits of black people which were sold in Payne Brothers Department … Frieze…

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1952-2006

Thozamile Richard (Thozi) Gqweta

… job that opened his eyes to the poverty and insecurity of black urban workers.He was asked by the Black Allied Worker's Union (BAWU)in 1978 to from an East ……

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1948-1996

Vuminkosi Zulu

… colleagues his work was shown at the Brooklyn Museum's 'Black South Africa: Contemporary Graphics' exhibition in 1976 … DAM (Art SA Today). 1974: Diakonia…

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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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1893-1962

Dr Alfred Bitini Xuma

… muster. Xuma decided to enrol at Tuskegee, the foremost Black tertiary educational institution in Alabama in the … his medical school expenses at Marquette…

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1931-2000

Ismail Mahomed

… [iii] Mahomed forged ahead to become South Africa’s first black Senior Counsel, using his intellect and education to … was an outcome of his experience in…

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Mary Malete

… Malete took over the presidency portfolio of the Black HOSPERSA Congress, which later merged with their white …

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