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How Mama Africa touched us
Miriam Makeba rocked international audiences until they could no longer ignore the tyranny of apartheid. She dazzled crowds indoors and outdoors with her African style of doing things. One moment, she...
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Can Sobukweism create a new Africa?
O Africa! Like some great century plant that shall bloom In ages hence, we watch thee; in our dream See in thy swamps the Prospero of our stream; Thy doors unlocked, where knowledge in her tomb Hath lain...
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South Africa: Mama Sobukwe, ‘The Mother of Azania’, lives on
Zondeni Veronica Sobukwe may have physically departed planet Earth on August 15, 2018, but her spirit will live with us forever. Mama Veronica Sobukwe (née Mate) was born on July 27, 1927, in Hlobane,...
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Who killed Brenda Fassie?
Bordered by Cape Town’s Jan Smuts Drive to the west, the N2 to the south, and the N7 to the east. Originally designed in a way to allow the authorities maximum visibility and control of residents....
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Zora Mehlomakulu, the forgotten South African freedom struggle stalwart
Zora Mehlomakulu is one of the many forgotten heroines of the freedom struggle in South Africa. At a time when South Africa appears to be directionless with never-ending political squabbles, corruption,...
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