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Lilian Ngoyi: an heroic South African woman whose story hasn't been fully told

By Martha Evans, Senior Lecturer in Media Studies, University of Cape Town
Despite her key role in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, details about Lilian Ngoyi’s life remain sparse. The short paragraphs on her legacy repeat a few well-worn phrases. South Africa’s “mother of the black resistance”, a widow and rumoured lover of Nelson Mandela, and the first woman member of the national executive committee –…The Conversation


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