Boesak, Allan, 1945-

LC control no.	n 79089625
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Boesak, Allan, 1945- *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Boesak, Allan A. (Allan Aubrey), 1945-
Biography/History note	individual was an antiapartheid activist.
Associated country	Netherlands South Africa
Birth date	1945
Place of birth	Kakamas (South Africa)
Field of activity	Church renewal Anti-apartheid movements
Affiliation	Theologische Universiteit van de Protestantse Kerk in Nederland Holland Reformed Church World Alliance of Reformed Churches (Presbyterian and Congregational) United Democratic Front (South Africa) African National Congress Congress of the People
Profession or occupation	Clergy Politicians
Found in	His coming in ... 197- His The finger of God, 1982: t.p. (Allan A. Boesak) His Black and reformed, c1984: CIP t.p. (Allan Boesak) LC database, Jan. 30, 2015 (hdg.: Boesak, Allan Aubrey, 1946- ; usage: Allan Boesak [predominant form], Allan A. Boesak, Allan Aubrey Boesak) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed April 25, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Boesak, Allan; antiapartheid activist, religious reformer, Dutch reformed clergy; born 1945 in Kakamas, South Africa; graduated from Bellville Theological Seminary (1967); received a doctorate from Kampen Theological Institute, Holland; was a leader of Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) and major force in getting the World Alliance of Reformed Churches to declare apartheid a heresy (1982); called for the formation of United Democratic Front (UDF) (1983) and became its patron; was a leader of the African National Congress (ANC), Western Cape; was convicted of fraudulently diverting international donor funds during the UDF years to companies associated with his wife and sentenced to six years in prison for fraud and theft; after two years was controversially pardoned; resumed his church-based work; joined the Congress of the People (COPE) (2008-2010))