Peter Abrahams
Noted for his book, Mine Boy, Peter Abrahams was forced to flee from South Africa at the age of 20. He ended up in London, where he was vocal about the life and times in South Africa under apartheid.
He made friends with iconic leaders like Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya and Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana as well as writers Richard Wright and James Baldwin.
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He became a Jamaican citizen in 1956 when he relocated to the island country from England.
