Identity area
Reference code
ZA MR-MM-482
Title
Robert Sobukwe
Date(s)
- 1954-1997 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
2 items
Context area
Name of creator
(5 December 1924-27 February 1978)
Biographical history
Lawyer, anti-apartheid activist and political prisoner. Member of the ANCYL and the ANC until he formed the PAC based on the vision of ‘Africa for Africans’. Editor of The Africanist newspaper. Arrested and detained following the Sharpeville Massacre in 1960. Convicted of incitement and sentenced to three years’ imprisonment. He spent another 6 years in prison under a law which allowed already convicted political prisoners to have their imprisonment renewed – this became known as the ‘Sobukwe Clause’. Released in 1969 banished to Galeshewe, Kimberley and placed under house arrest. Studied law, and opened his own law practice in 1975.
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Scope and content
Robert Sobukwe papers, in the collection there is a copy of the correspondence to the Commanding Officer Robben Island enclosing R100 books for Nelson Mandela and a publication with the title The South Africa Mandela - ANC dialogue euphoria.
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Name access points
- Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla (Subject)