A great soul, is a two part documentary on the latter freedom fighter, robert sobukwe, the antiapartheid activist who formed the pan africanist congress pac in 1959 and went on to. Robert mangaliso sobukwe 5 december 1924 27 february 1978 was a prominent south african political dissident and teacher, who founded the pan africanist congress in opposition to the south african apartheid system during his lifetime, sobukwe was considered to be so dangerous by the national party government that its parliament enacted the sobukwe. Robert mangaliso sobukwe was born in graaffreinet in the cape province in 1924. Mangaliso robert sobukwe and his africanist colleagues resolved in 1958 to. Police opened fire on a peaceful crowd in the township of sharpeville and killed 69 people. He urged blacks to go to the nearest police station and demand arrest. Robert sobukwes poignant and powerful prison letters. Robert mangaliso sobukwe 5 december 1924 27 february 1978 was a prominent south african political dissident, who founded the pan africanist congress in opposition to south africa under apartheid and in opposition to the ancs freedom charter of 1955 and idealog.
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Selected speeches of robert sobukwe and a minibiography. The memory of robert mangaliso sobukwe, inspirational political leader and first president of the panafricanist congress, has been sadly neglected in postapartheid south africa. Asazi ukuthi iyozala nkomoni1 robert mangaliso sobukwes. In 2004 sobukwe was voted 42nd in the sabc3s great south africans. Iazania i shall be free i marxists internet archive. Speeches of mangaliso robert sobukwe pac basic documents 2 p a g e to the special political police in johannesburg who arrested mr. Here is a tree rooted in african soil, nourished with waters from the rivers of afrika. Robert mangaliso sobukwe 5 december 1924 27 february 1978 was a prominent south african political dissident and teacher, who founded the pan africanist congress in opposition to the south african apartheid system. Robert mangaliso sobukhwe selected speeches of robert sobukwe and a minibiography compiled by sinethemba sembene mandyoli. Robert sobukwe we will win to all regions and branches of the p. Speeches of mangaliso robert sobukwe pac basic documents. Come and sit under its shade and become, with us, the leaves of the same branch and the branches of the same tree.