Oral interview, conducted at Cala, with Ambrose Makiwane. Makiwane entered Fort Hare in 1955, when he was age 34. His family lacked the means to send him earlier, and he had been expelled from Clarkebury after a student strike. At Fort Hare he became Chairman of the ANC Youth League branch, and in 1957 the president of the SRC
Archive record
Interview with Ambrose Makiwane

- Origin date
- 16 January 1992
- Updated
- 27 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Interview with Ambrose Makiwane. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/zu/ref/R-0114238
South African History Online (2016) 'Interview with Ambrose Makiwane', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/zu/ref/R-0114238 (Accessed: 31 July 2026).
South African History Online, Interview with Ambrose Makiwane [website], https://sahistory.org.za/zu/ref/R-0114238, (accessed 31 July 2026).
"Interview with Ambrose Makiwane." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/zu/ref/R-0114238. Accessed 31 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Interview with Ambrose Makiwane." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/zu/ref/R-0114238.
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