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Simonstown was home to the Kru people of Sierra Leone, & were contracted workers by the British & arrived in South Africa in 1838 after the end of slavery in
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Funmilayo Ransome Kuti was born on this day in 1900. She was one of the most important leaders of Nigeria's anti-colonial struggle. She mobilized women against corruption, unjust tax on
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A random thread on South African anti apartheid stalwarts who had the same names. I'll start with the birthday girl Ma Sisulu.The Ntsiki's The Winnies The Lilian's The Florence's The
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Charlotte Maxeke passed away on this day in 1939.- She was the first Black woman to graduate with a BSc in 1903- She was the first Black teacher in what
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Mam' Nomzamo was born on this day on 1936. She would have turned 84 today. Here she is with Zindzi and her sister-in-law umama uLieby Piliso. UmaNgutyana was born eMbizana
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It's very strange to me that we rarely tell the story of the significant role certain women played in King Shaka's life and death. These interesting stories aren't amplified enough.
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Activist, Jazz and culture icon Dorothy Masuka (her surname should read "Masuku" but colonial administrators didn't care to spell names correctly on birth certificates) passed away on this day in
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Today marks the 28th anniversary of the Bhisho Massacre. 80 000 people gathered on the Ciskei border on this day demanding an end to Joshua Gqozo's government. They were led
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Jurgen Schadeberg has passed away. He was behind some iconic photography of the Defiance Campaign and Sophiatown years. Here he is flanked by Peter Magubane (left) and Bob Gosani (right)
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Noni Jabavu was born in this day in 1919. She was the first Black South African woman to publish autobiographies. Her first, Drawn In Color was published 60 years ago
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Today marks the 35th anniversary of the assassination of Nonyamezelo Victoria Mxenge (a midwife, activist and attorney) just days after delivering her keynote speech at the funeral of the Cradock
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Kgosi Sekonyela of BaTlôkwa died on this day in 1856 in Herschel district in the Eastern Cape. I want to talk about his mother Queen Mantatisi, one of the most
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