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Julia Mavimbela

South African activist · South Africa · On the map · Activists · Lived 1917 to 2000 · aged 82

Julia Nompi Mavimbela was a schoolteacher and community leader in South Africa. When public schools were closed because of the 1976 Soweto uprising, Mavimbela taught schoolchildren in Soweto how to garden and how to read.

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Mavimbela later co-founded Women for Peace, an organization for women of all races to work for democracy in South Africa. In 1981 she joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in local church leadership.

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Country
South Africa
Category
Activists
Type
Activist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1917 to 2000 · aged 82