Lorna de Smidt (1943–2022) was a South African-born activist based in England.[1][2][3]
Biography edit
Lorna de Smidt was born in 1943 in Kensington, Cape Town to parents of mixed ancestry.[2][4] She was raised in Cape Town, South Africa.[2] At the age of four, she was admitted in a primary school, named Trafalgar High School.[4][2] She completed her graduation from Zonnebloem Teacher Training College in 1960 and subsequently became a teacher.[2][4]
In the 1960s, as a part of the Black Consciousness Movement, she became an anti-apartheid activist.[1]
After the Soweto riots of 1976 and her illegal marriage to a white man, she became a refugee in England and lived rest of her life there.[1][2]
Between 1983 and 1991, de Smidt worked for the Lewisham Race Equality Unit.[4]
From 2000 to 2005, she worked on a restoration project of South Africa House, at the South African Embassy, London.[2]
She died in 2022.[4]
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References edit
- ^ a b c Smidt, Graham de (July 6, 2022). "Lorna de Smidt obituary". the Guardian.
- ^ a b c d e f g Eyene, Christine (September 30, 2006). "Lorna de Smidt: parcours d'une activiste sud-africaine, du Cap à Londres".
- ^ Lorna de Smidt and Christine Eyene, “I am here because you went there”, Africultures , 2006/3 (n° 68), p. 101-103. doi:10.3917/afcul.068.0101. Cairn.info
- ^ a b c d e f g "Remembering a local legend: Lorna de Smidt leaves behind legacy in anti-apartheid fight". www.dailyvoice.co.za.
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