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African scholar Cherif Keita of Carleton College next to a photo of South African educator, journalist and political activist Nokutela Dube. Keita has produced a documentary about the wife of the founder of the African National Congress, called “Remember

Her contributions to South Africa were unknown, but a new film aims to change that

Global Politics

For 95 years the remains of Nokutela Mdima Dube lay ignored in a Johannesburg cemetery. Also ignored were her contributions to education, the creation of the African National Congress, and even a distinctive singing style later made famous by Miriam Makeba. Now a new documentary by an African scholar and filmmaker based in Minnesota restores Nokutela’s place in the historical narrative of the New South Africa.

African scholar Cherif Keita of Carleton College next to a photo of South African educator, journalist and political activist Nokutela Dube. Keita has produced a documentary about the wife of the founder of the African National Congress, called “Remember

Her contributions to South Africa were unknown, but a new film aims to change that

Global Politics
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