Annie Silinga
South African activist
Annie Silinga (1910-1984) was a South African anti-pass laws and anti-apartheid political activist. She is known for her role as the Cape Town African National Congress Women's League President, a leader in the 1956 anti-pass Women's March to the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa and the only African woman in the 1956 treason trial in South Africa.
Quotes
edit- I will never carry a pass!
- Annie Silinga's battle cry written on her grave, sahistory
