Legum, Colin.

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Born, South Africa, 1919; as he young man he became concerned about the injustice of the treatment of the local black population; worked at Johannesburg's newly established Sunday Express , 1934; became political correspondent, 1937; joined the South African Labour Party and edited its journal, Forward ; elected to Johannesburg City Council, 1942; an opponent of apartheid, Legum moved to Britain; diplomatic editor and its Commonwealth correspondent, Sunday Observer , 1951; editor of the annual Africa Contemporary Record , 1968; returned to South Africa, 1991; continued to work as a journalist, author and visiting lecturer; died 2003, Publications: South Africa: Crisis for the West , with Margaret Legum (1964) Congo Disaster (1960) Pan-Africanism: A Brief History (1962) Africa: A Handbook of the Continent (1962). Africa Since Independence (1999)

From the guide to the LEGUM, Colin (1919-2003), 1950-1977, (Institute of Commonwealth Studies)

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Birth 1919-07-03

Death 2003-07-08

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