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Retired BBC journalist, radio producer and presenter Arjumand Wajid has fulfilled her promise to her close friend, anti-apartheid activist Fatima Meer ... who dedicated her life to fighting ...
Renowned activist Fatima Meer is best known for her role in the anti-apartheid struggle. Meer dedicated her life to fighting an unjust system during apartheid and continued to advocate for the ...
The South African writer, academic, and activist Fatima Meer was a busy woman ... share the documentary feel of Meer’s drawings, showing what life was like for those interred by the U.S ...
The Nelson Mandela Foundation recently hosted a remarkable event, celebrating the life and legacy of Fatima Meer with the launch of her biography, Born to Struggle. Written by retired BBC ...
“Fatima Meer was one of the most exceptional women that I have ever met. We have been blessed to have had her in our lives and I am thankful for having her be a part of my life for the past 30 ...
Fatima Meer, who has died aged 81 after a stroke ... A woman of strong convictions, she lived her life with a strong sense of duty. She did things instinctively, spontaneously and passionately ...
“Love in the Time of Treason: The Life Story of Ayesha Dawood” (2008) by Zubeida Jaffer and the autobiography, “Fatima Meer: Memories of Love and Struggle” (2017), acknowledge and ...
Iconic writer, academic and anti-apartheid activist Fatima Meer always kept a memoir ... wondering how anyone could do justice to this phenomenal woman’s life. No words seem eloquent enough to ...
See About archive blog posts. Fatima Meer, a friend and biographer of Nelson Mandela, has died. She was 81. The South African Press Assn. quoted a local politician and family friend, Logie Naidoo ...