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Bernard Sigamoney, Durban Indian revolutionary syndicalist by Lucien van der Walt

Bernard Sigamoney, Durban Indian revolutionary syndicalist by Lucien van der Walt

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26 Jun 2019
Bernard Sigamoney, Durban Indian revolutionary syndicalist by Lucien van der Walt

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 A global movement, the anarchist and syndicalist tradition has influenced people from all walks of life. A notable figure was Bernard L.E. Sigamoney, born in 1888. The grandson of indentured Indian labourers, who arrived in South Africa in the 1870s, he became a school teacher with a working class outlook.

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  1. 01van der Walt, L. (2014). Bernard Sigamoney, Durban Indian revolutionary syndicalist, 26 November 2014, from Zabalaza, online. Available at https://zabalaza.net/2014/11/26/bernard-sigamoney-durban-indian-revolutionary-syndicalist/ . Accessed on 21 November 2018.

Last updated · 26 Jun 2019

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South African History Online. (2018, November 21). Bernard Sigamoney, Durban Indian revolutionary syndicalist by Lucien van der Walt. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/R-0125546

South African History Online (2018) 'Bernard Sigamoney, Durban Indian revolutionary syndicalist by Lucien van der Walt', South African History Online, 21 November. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/R-0125546 (Accessed: 22 July 2026).

South African History Online, Bernard Sigamoney, Durban Indian revolutionary syndicalist by Lucien van der Walt [website], https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/R-0125546, (accessed 22 July 2026).

"Bernard Sigamoney, Durban Indian revolutionary syndicalist by Lucien van der Walt." South African History Online, 21 Nov. 2018, https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/R-0125546. Accessed 22 July 2026.

South African History Online. "Bernard Sigamoney, Durban Indian revolutionary syndicalist by Lucien van der Walt." South African History Online. November 21, 2018. https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/R-0125546.

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