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- 1969 - 1990 (Production)
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13 boxes
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Notice biographique
David Webster, born 19/12/1945 in Luanshya, (Northern Rhodesia) Zambia, studied Social Anthropology at Rhodes University and was a lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand at the time of his assassination at the hands of a pro-apartheid hit squad on 1 May 1989. He was a dedicated anti-apartheid activist and supporter of NUSAS, the Detainees' Parents Support Committee, and Five Freedoms Forum. His research covered the Va-Chopi of Mozambique, and the Tembe Thonga of Ingwavuma, and he also did studies on poverty, TB and migrant labour. (For detailed biographical notes see file A1)
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The material was deposited by David Webster's partner Maggie Friedman.
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Biographical material on David Webster and correspondence, press statements and press cuttings relating to his assassination. also a copy of his PhD thesis on the Chopi people of Mozambique and other articles by David Webster, including research material and photographs.
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Alternate title: Webster, David