Strini Moodley Explained
Strinivasa Rajoo "Strini" Moodley (29 October 1946 - 27 April 2006[1]) was a founding member of the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa with Steve Biko and Aubrey Mokoape, among others. In 1976, he was convicted of terrorism in a trial involving members of the South African Students' Organisation and the Black People's Convention, and imprisoned on Robben Island.[2] [3] [4]
He became deputy news editor at the Natal Witness. Upon release from Robben island in 1982, Strini delivered a paper on The State of the Oppressed at the Black Consciousness Movement organized Forum in Hammanskraal. He was then Publicity Secretary of the Azanian People's Organisation.
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- Web site: 2004-09-12. Moodley, Strinivasa (Strini) - South African political activist. https://web.archive.org/web/20040912063538/http://people.africadatabase.org/en/person/14721.html. dead. 2004-09-12. 2020-07-16.
- Web site: 2013-10-25. Strinivasa "Strini" Moodley South African History Online. https://web.archive.org/web/20131025143659/http://www.sahistory.org.za/people/strinivasa-strini-moodley. dead. 2013-10-25. 2020-07-16.
- Web site: 2007-03-11. Black consciousness co-founder dies : Mail & Guardian Online. https://web.archive.org/web/20070311002059/http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=270224&area=/obituaries/. dead. 2007-03-11. 2020-07-16.
- Web site: 2006-05-24. SABCnews.com - south_africa/general. https://web.archive.org/web/20060524104412/http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/general/0,2172,126404,00.html. dead. 2006-05-24. 2020-07-16.
