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Big Mama

  • ZA-COM-04812
  • Corporate body

Bell, B.

  • ZA-COM-04778
  • Person

Benrik

  • ZA-COM-04789
  • Corporate body

Belo, Felipe Ximenes

  • ZA-COM-04781
  • Person
  • 1948–
Ordained a bishop in 1983. As spiritual leader of a territory that is overwhelmingly Catholic, he became one of the primary spokesmen of the people of East Timor. He denounced the brutal tactics and oppressive policies of the Indonesian government despite at least two attempts on his life, in 1989 and 1991. A strong believer in nonviolent resistance, Belo sought peaceful means to settle the troubles in his homeland. In 2004 he began serving as a missionary in Mozambique.

Bell, G.

  • ZA-COM-04779
  • Person

Beck, Don

  • ZA-COM-04768
  • Person

Ballinger

  • ZA-COM-04731
  • Corporate body

Banda, Hastings Kamuzu

  • ZA-COM-04736
  • Person
  • ?1898 – 1997
In 1963 he became prime minister of Nyasaland, now Malawi. Later Malawi experienced economic problems as a result of the iron fist rule, mismanagement and drought. In 1993 there was a threat to cut down humanitarian aid and this led to Malawi's voters showing their support for democratisation. In 1994 because of ill health Banda lost control of the country to Bakili Muluzi. He died in South Africa on November 25, 1997.

Autshumao

  • ZA-COM-04706
  • Corporate body
  • d.1663
Khoikhoi leader. Learnt English and Dutch and worked as an interpreter during the Dutch settlement of the Cape of Good Hope from 1652. He and two of his followers were banished by Jan van Riebeeck to Robben Island in 1658 after waging war with the Dutch settlers. He was one of the first people to be imprisoned on Robben Island and the only person to ever successfully escape. Also spelt Autshumayo.
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