Zainunnisa Gool

Female, Person

1897 –

73

Who is Zainunnisa Gool?

Zainunnisa "Cissie" Gool was an anti-apartheid political and civil rights leader in South Africa. She was the daughter of prominent physician and politician Abdullah Abdurahman. Cissie founded the National Liberation League and helped to create the Non-European United Front. She was known and loved as the "Jewel of District Six" and "Joan of Arc" by South Africans as a champion of the poor.

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Born
1897
Cape Town
Education
  • University of Cape Town

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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