SAHO global search

… free of race, class and exploitation." – Dikobe Ben Martins, The necessity of Art for National Liberation, paper … and Resistance Festival, 1982. Dikobe wa Mogale Ben Martins is popularly known as Dikobe Ben Martins. His poetry … Martins was born in Alexandra Township in Johannesburg. He attended school at St Joseph’s School in Aliwal North, …

… Helen Elizabeth Martins was born on 23 December 1897 in the Karoo village of … of her marriage remains sketchy and often contradictory.  Martins returned to Nieu-Bethesda in the nineteen-thirties to … had long been an invalid, passed away in 1941. 'Oom Piet' Martins died in 1945, and Helen Martins was left alone, with …

… Benedict Duke Martins …

… South West Africa [now Namibia].  It was claimed that he was guilty of various misconducts.  He accused his wife of poisoning him and attempted to murder … forced a certain man to marry a particular woman (when he had refused he was punished), sent people to kidnap …

… Cape and was educated in Grahamstown and Port Elizabeth. He worked for some years in Rhodesia and served in an African unit in the Boer War. Thereafter he worked at various times as a teacher, battery driver and … pharmacist's employee. Moving to Port Elizabeth in 1914, he became the leader of a workers' association that later …

… Benedict Duke Martins …

… kwaMashu, Durban. Together with other Fort Hare students he began to mobilise the support of parents and was … Joel (some sources spell his name as Jule) George Martins, testified before the Truth and Reconciliation … a politically active family, was a local activist known to Martins. His brother, Mandla Langa , was a writer of note in …

… among the earliest residents of Soweto. From 1945 to 1952 he was a pupil at St. Mary’s school in Orlando and went on to … refused to co-operate. In 1957 Thebehali completed matric. He began working at a motor spares dealer and later at a … company, to save for a university education. In 1960 he enrolled at the University of Lesotho for a Bachelor of …

… for her role as the unconventional sculptor Helen Martins in The Road to Mecca , which marked her American debut. Based on the true story of the elderly Martins, who created a wonderland of life-sized sculptures in …

… printmaking at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT). He then followed his studies in sculpture and mixed media at St Martins School of Art in London, and in painting at The … of living in South Africa today.” The diverse media that he uses gain meaning and become “the vehicle through which …

… the third of six children of Godlieve and Frank Sexwale. He grew up amid the turmoil of the Black township's political upheaval. Sexwale attended St Martins Primary School in Rosettenville, Johannesburg and … his involvement with the sport of karate in his youth. He attended the University of Botswana, Lesotho and …

… Ntuli grew up with a keen interest in art. As a young man, he got involved in politics, and he was an active member of the struggle against the apartheid … as the Camberwell College of Art, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, The London College of …

… Bartolomeu Dias, also spelt: Bartholomew Diaz. He was a Portuguese navigator whose discovery in 1488 of the … to India around the storm-driven southern tip of Africa. He also discovered for Europe the south-east trade winds and … Pantaleao, commanded by João Infante and piloted by Alvaro Martins. Diogo Dias, Bartolomeu’s brother, commanded the …

… (now known as Limpopo Province). A child of exile, he spent most of his life living outside of South Africa, leaving the country when he was still a teenager. As a result, he grew up in Soweto, Los Angeles, United States of America …

… centre of the western Klein Karoo called, Ladismith. He matriculated at Ladismith High School and went on to study … as well as the Gemeentelijke Universiteit van Amsterdam. He acquired doctorate degrees from both of the universities. … as well as, Natal. Finally, until his retirement in 1977, he lectured at the Peninsula Technikon in Cape Town and …

… as Limpopo Province). Minty grew up in Johannesburg where he completed his schooling. He left South Africa in June 1958, for Britain, to further … Olympic Committee from the Olympic movement. In 1969 he graduated with an MSc in Economics and International …

… 1954 in Flint, Michigan (USA). During his childhood, he was exposed to the inequalities that took place in American society, and he was part of civil rights marches throughout his childhood. … His passion for civil rights was further ignited when he heard Dr Martin Luther King Jr speaking in Michigan a year …

… in Middledrift, Ngcabasa Village (Eastern Cape) in 1934. He relocated to Port Elizabeth in the 1950s.  During this period he became a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and … in the 1950s and 1960s. When the ANC was banned in 1961, he became an underground operative until he was arrested in …

… excelling in both mathematics and physical science. He hated the Afrikaans language, calling it the language of the oppressor. He felt so strongly about this that he refused to study Afrikaans on principle. He joined the …

… International "Prisoner of Conscience" during this period. He was denied a passport until 1986 when he was issued with a highly restricted document; being … Africa for his anthology, A Celebration of Flames. He was awarded the Fulbright Scholarship to the University of …

… schooling at the local Mokgosi Primary School. At first, he wanted to become a lawyer, however, this changed once he was introduced to a number of African writers who ignited … with his childhood friend, Johannes Africa De Beer, he read every book he could get his hands on, including …

… Esau's father's interest in politics was sparked by what he had observed in various African countries. He was the first person who had kindled an interest in … affairs on the radio whilst still at primary school. When he was in Standard Five (now grade seven) he started to …