Fatima Meer - Whirlwind in the Sari

Fatima Meer - Whirlwind in the Sari

Author: SABC Radio News December 2, 2020 Duration: 6:32

Veteran activist and sociologist, Professor Fatima Meer championed equality and social justice. Under apartheid, she was banned, detained and held in solitary confinement. She also survived an attempted assassination and arson attack on her Durban house.


Credits: Thrishni Subramoney, Dumisani Shange, Angie Kapelianis and the SABC Media Libraries.


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