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Oral history interview with Achmad Cassiem, a political activist and prisoner on Robben Island [Part 2 of 2]

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Title
Oral history interview with Achmad Cassiem, a political activist and prisoner on Robben Island [Part 2 of 2]
Creator
Van Tonder, Vermaine (interviewer)
Subject
Oral history, Sobukwe, Robert Mangaliso, Political activists--South Africa--Biography, Pan Africanist Congress--History, South Africa--Politics and government--1961-1978, Anti-apartheid movements--South Africa--History, Government, Resistance to--South Africa
Description
The interviews in this collection focus on the life history of Robert Sobukwe, teacher, lecturer, lawyer, secretary of the African National Congress (ANC) Branch in Standerton and first president of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). Interviewees include Achmat Cassiem (activist and Robben Island prisoner), Benjamin Pogrund (author of his autobiography), Charmaine van Tonder (Robert Sobukwe's neighbour) and Dinilesizwe Sobukwe (Robert Sobukwe's son). Themes include: the controversy regarding his burial; the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC); reflections on his funeral; his life on Robben Island; Sobukwe as a father; the Sharpeville Massacre and his work at the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS) . This sub-collection originated as research for the Albert Luthuli Young Historians award 2010., Pin13.01b.mp3: Part 2 of 2 ; 01:03:32 min. ; interview 1 of 5
Publisher
Centre for Popular Memory (University of Cape Town) (www.popularmemory.org.za)
Contributor
Cassiem, Achmad (interviewee) (contributor)
Date
2010/07/18
Type
Sound, interviews
Format
Identifier
islandora:19439
Source
Language
eng
Relation
Coverage
1924-1978
Rights
Centre for Popular Memory (University of Cape Town). Creative Commons Licence - Attribution, Noncommercial, No Derivative Works.

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