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Josie Mpama/Palmer
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Josie Mpama/Palmer
Get Up and Get Moving
Robert R. Edgar
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Edgar, Robert R., author.
Title: Josie Mpama/Palmer : get up and get moving / Robert R. Edgar.
Other titles: Ohio short histories of Africa.
Description: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2020. | Series: Ohio short histories of Africa | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020001392 | ISBN 9780821424100 (paperback) | ISBN 9780821440940 (pdf)
Subjects: LCSH: Mpama, Josie, 1903-1979. | Women political activists--South Africa--Biography. | Communists--South Africa--Biography. | Anti-apartheid activists--South Africa--Biography. | South Africa--History--20th century.
Classification: LCC DT1927.M63 E34 2020 | DDC 968.05092--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020001392
To the memory of Comrade Professor Phil Bonner, a friend who understood the distinction between scholarship and activism as well as how they can enrich each other
Contents
Preface: Researching the Life of Josie Mpama/Palmer A Note on the Names Mpama and Palmer