Identity area
Reference code
ZA COM MR-AAO-143
Title
Dennis Brutus : [Part 3]
Date(s)
- 1924-01-01 - 2009-12-31 (Accumulation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
Personal archive ; The Schomburg Collection holds a variety of material from 1970 - 1990.
Context area
Archival history
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Scope and content
Dr Dennis Vincent Brutus was a Zimbabwean-born South African activist, educator, journalist and poet best known for his campaign to have apartheid South Africa banned from the Olympic Games. His efforts eventually led to the country’s expulsion from the Games in 1970. Following 18 months on Robben Island and another year of house arrest, Brutus and his family were allowed to leave South Africa, settling in London in 1966. In 1970 he moved to the USA, and was granted political asylum in 1983. He was president of the South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee (SAN-ROC).