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Five decades after the 1976 Soweto uprising that changed South Africa forever, little is known about its most iconic leader, the charismatic Tsietsi Mashinini.
A brilliantly gifted schoolboy who recited reams of poetry and excelled at debating, but who after that fateful day in June 1976 became a hunted man. Identified as a ‘ringleader’ in the uprising, Mashinini went into hiding, forsaking his loving family, sleeping on floors, sometimes dressing as a woman to elude arrest. Eventually forced into exile, he became an international celebrity, addressing the United Nations and meeting heads of state.
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