| LC control no. | no2016088093 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Jana, Priscilla, 1943- |
| Variant(s) | Jana, Devikarani Priscilla, 1943- |
| Located | Cape Town (South Africa) |
| Birth date | 1943-12-05 |
| Place of birth | Westville (South Africa) |
| Field of activity | Human rights Anti-apartheid movements -- South Africa |
| Affiliation | African National Congress South Africa. Parliament (1994- ) |
| Profession or occupation | Anti-apartheid activists Human rights workers Lawyers Ambassadors |
| Found in | Fighting for Mandela, 2016: title page (Priscilla Jana) page 2 of cover (Priscilla Jana is a legendary figure in South African revolutionary politics. As an Indian woman who had experienced racial oppression first-hand, she decided to use her degree in law to fight for the rights of her fellow people and do all she could to bring down the Apartheid state - who saw her as a very real threat. At one time she represented every single political prisoner on Robben Island, including both the late Nelson Mandela and his wife Winnie. Finally, upon Mandela's release and the political revolution of her beloved country, Priscilla's work was rewarded, as she was elected as a member of South Africa's first democratic parliament. Later, she was to become an ambassador to both The Netherlands and Ireland. Now retired and living in Cape Town, Priscilla still works and waits for her most fervent desire: the true healing and unification of South Africa) page 3 of cover (Priscilla Jana, an Indian women born in South Africa, was the only female member of an underground ANC cell at the height of apartheid, and took on hundreds of human rights cases against the government. At the dawn of democracy, Nelson Mandela invited her to serve in Parliament as the Deputy Chair of the Justice Committee) South African History Online www site, viewed July 5, 2016 (Devikarani Priscilla Jana was born on 5 December 1943, in Westville, Natal, to a middle class Indian family) <http://www.sahistory.org.za/people/devikarani-priscilla-jana> |
| Associated language | eng |
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