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African struggles for independence
Ghanaian Independence Day has been celebrated on ... Nkrumah, while studying in London, helped organise the fifth Pan-African Congress. It was held in Manchester in 1945, and was attended by ...
Namibia votes for president and the chance for its first female leader
A woman who joined Namibia’s independence movement in the 1970s is a strong contender to become its first female leader as ...
Ramaphosa cannot be subjected to impeachment - ANC argues in ConCourt
The independent panel, chaired by former Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo, concluded that there was sufficient evidence to ...
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South African dissident writer and poet Breyten Breytenbach dies at 85
Start your Independent Premium subscription today ... that he assisted Nelson Mandela’s then-outlawed African National Congress group in its sabotage campaign against the white-minority government.
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Universities mark 75th anniversary of Manchester’s role in the African independence movement
The 75th anniversary of the 5th Pan African Congress – a crucial event in the African independence movement held in Manchester that brought together key figures who later led successful anticolonial ...