History ZAR
@HistorySAZAR
Putting faces to history.. Remembering the forgotten.. Contact for collab or speaking engagement: [email protected] No TikTok
Dr Rotoli Xaba's (1893-1953) early history exemplified in an acute form the problems of foreign study for Black South Africans. His correspondence for his period in Edinburgh during the mid 1920's reveals the financial & educational difficulties he faced, prompting cries of…
Nat Nakasa (1937-1965) began his career as a junior reporter at Ilanga Lase Natal at the age of 17. He then joined Drum Magazine in 1957 after his reporting attracted the attention of Sylvester Stein of Drum Magazine. In 1963 he founded a quarterly literary magazine called 'The…
A Plea for Africa, composed and arranged by Rev John Knox Bokwe (1855-1922), performed by Dr Sibongile Khumalo (1957-2021). Rev John Knox Bokwe wrote A Plea for Africa as a personal anthem for his Scottish trip in 1895.
Pule "Ace" Ntsoelengoe (right) shakes hands with Kaizer Motaung, director of Kaizer Chiefs, before leaving for the U.S.A, December 1979.
National Secretary and founding member of the PAC, Potlako Leballo, c 1960.
Thabo Mbeki, head of the ANC dept of information, speaks during the Heroes Day concert on 16 December 1987 in the Netherlands.
Great man!
Drum Magazine Journalist Lewis Nkosi around 1956. Nkosi began as a journalist for Ilanga Lase Natal in 1955 then as Chief Reporter for Drum Magazine & the Golden Post from 1956 to 1960. In 1960 he left SA on an "exit permit", a one way ticket into exile, for a Nieman Journalism…
Dr Rex Tabane, Oliver Tambo and Dan Chocho (visible behind Tabane) watching a game of boxing, c 1955. On Tambo's right is Sy Mohapi, a reporter from Drum Magazine who appears to be nodding off
Mr JD Nyaose, a founding member of the PAC and it's former secretary for Labour, c 1962.
Sam Williams and Simon Sabela, June 1966. A scene from Gibson Kente's stage play, "Sikalo".
My fav author 🥹. What she did on Maru and When rain clouds gather
Bessie Head (1937-1986) was born to a white mother & black father. The immorality Act forbidden interracial relationships at the time, so Head was fostered to a white family & then a coloured family. She completed her JC in 1953 & earned her teachers certificate around 1955 &…
Drum Magazine Journalist Lewis Nkosi around 1956. Nkosi began as a journalist for Ilanga Lase Natal in 1955 then as Chief Reporter for Drum Magazine & the Golden Post from 1956 to 1960. In 1960 he left SA on an "exit permit", a one way ticket into exile, for a Nieman Journalism…
"MANGALISO"✊🏽
Don Mattera (1935-2022) on the passing of Robert Sobukwe.
Rev Elijah Makiwane (1850-1928) was an ordained minister (1876), journalist/editor, an advocate for education & women empowerment. He was the editor of the first vernacular newspaper (Isigidimi sa ma Xhosa, founded in 1873).
