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| − | (19**-1972) Dramatist and martyred Black Consciousness activist. A student activist at the University of Zululand, he became vice-president of the [[Black | + | (19**-1972) Dramatist and martyred Black Consciousness activist. A student activist at the University of Zululand, he became vice-president of the [[Black People's Convention]], and in 1972 attended the [[TECON]]/[[SABTU]] festival in Durban. Expelled from UniZulu, he died when pushed under a train by a white official on his way to the [[SABTU]] festival in Cape Town. *** Writer of ''[[Shanti]]'' (performed 1973, published 1981) perhaps one of the best known plays in the Black Consciousness repertoire. |
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(19**-1972) Dramatist and martyred Black Consciousness activist. A student activist at the University of Zululand, he became vice-president of the Black People's Convention, and in 1972 attended the TECON/SABTU festival in Durban. Expelled from UniZulu, he died when pushed under a train by a white official on his way to the SABTU festival in Cape Town. *** Writer of Shanti (performed 1973, published 1981) perhaps one of the best known plays in the Black Consciousness repertoire.
Sources
See Gosher, 1988; Kruger, 199* [TH, JH]
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