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The Writer and the Politician

Posted on December 11, 2013 by wcd2

December 11, 2013 They had first met in Cairo, in 1961, when she was working for “The Arab Observer,” an English-language weekly, and married to Vusumzi Make. Make and Mandela were political enemies, as were their organizations — the Pan Africanist … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Atlantic, contemporary poetry, Global South, YouTube videos | Tagged African National Congress, B. DuBois, Carro, Encyclopedia Africana, Ghana, Henry James, Herbert Asquith, Maya Angelou, Nelson Mandela, Nkame Nkrumah, Pan Africanist Congress, Robben Island, Vusumzi Make, W. E | 2 Comments