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Section
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Poets in the News
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Poet Name
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Lewin, Hugh
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Given Name
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Hugh
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Last Name
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Lewin
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Date of Birth
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3 December 1939
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Biography
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Hugh Lewin was a South African anti-apartheid activist and writer. He wrote for "Drum" magazine in Johannesburg. Lewin was imprisoned for seven years, starting in 1964, by the South African government for his activities in support of the African Resistance Movement. In 1971, he was officially allowed to leave South Africa on a permanent departure permit. In 1992, Lewin returned to South Africa to become involved in the negotiations to end apartheid and in the Truth and Reconcilliation Comimttee as a member of its Human Rights Violations Committee. He co-founded Baobab Press with Irene Staunton.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Lewin>
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Close Relationships
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Dugmore, Henry Hare 'H. H.'
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La Chard, Jeanna
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Moodie, Duncan Campbell Francis 'D. C. F.'
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Hambidge, Joan 'Helene'
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Botha, Nadine
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Allan, Elkan
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Villiers, Phillippa
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Walter, Brian Ernest
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Mabasa, Ignatius T 'Tirivangani'
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Livingstone, Douglas
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Kasese, Nyachiro Lydia
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Wylie, Dan
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McCrystal, Cal
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Mulgrew, Nick
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Haarhoff, Dorian
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McKuen, Rod
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Nkosi, Lewis
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Mhlophe, Gcina 'Nokugcina Elsie Mhlophe'
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Todd, Garfield
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Bila, Vonani
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Delius, Anthony 'Ronald St. Martin'
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Mann, Chris 'Christopher Michael Zithulele'
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Sepamla, Sydney 'Sydney Sipho Sepamla'
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Plomer, William
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Butler, Guy
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Pringle, Thomas
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Selwyn, W.
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Currey, Ralph Nixon 'R. N.'
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Nortje, Arthur
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Driver, Charles Jonathan 'Jonty'
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Gwala, Pascal
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Eglington, Charles
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Campbell, Roy
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Cope, Robert Knox 'Jack'
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Clouts, Sydney
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Kunene, Mazisi 'Raymond'
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Adams, Perseus 'Peter Robert Charles'
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Aylen, Leo
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Mtshali, Oswald Mbuyiseni
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Prince, Frank Templeton 'F. T.'
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Serote, Mongane Wally
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Slater, Francis Carey 'F. C.'
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Hamilton, William Robert 'W. R.'
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Spatial Coverage
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Lydenburg
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Region
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Southern Africa
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