Identity area
Reference code
ZA HPRA A2618-C-Cn
Title
Funeral, memorial and unveiling of tombstone of RM Sobukwe
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Extent and medium
Context area
Name of creator
(1924-1978)
Name of creator
(1933-)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Including correspondence about arrangements and texts of speeches by various people including B Pogrund, B Pogrund (memorial service, 15/8/1982; Sir Robert Birley (Memorial Service, St Paul's Cathedral, 9/3/1978); Peter H Molotsi (Dag Hammarschold Auditorium, NY, 12/3/1978). Statements from the meetings of the UN Special Committee against Apartheid in April 1978 and February 1988. Also tributes in verse to Sobukwe, and letters of condolence addressed to B Pogrund.
Funeral address 11 March 1978 - not delivered.