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Anti-Apartheid Activist Mapetla Mohapi Died In Custody On This Day In 1976

Anti-Apartheid Activist Mapetla Mohapi Died In Custody On This Day In 1976

Mapetla Mohapi (pictured) was a member of the anti-apartheid Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) in South Africa in the 1970s. As one of the BCM’s early leaders alongside Steve Biko, Mohapi was a vocal proponent in eliminating the racial segregation in his country. On this day, he was found mysteriously hanged in his cell with some alleging…

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