The White Knight of the Anti-Apartheid Movement: Donald Woods 1933-2001

From: The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education | Date: October 31, 2001 | Copyright information

The White Knight of the Anti-Apartheid Movement: Donald Woods 1933-2001

In the language of Xhosa, Donald Woods was known as "Zweliyanyikima" -- the one who shakes the earth.

More than any other reporter in the Western world, Donald Woods employed creative advocacy journalism to attack South African apartheid. He was a magnificent force for change in South Africa's darkest hour. He died this past August in London of lung cancer. Donald Woods was 67 years old.

Woods was one of South Africa's most courageous journalists. As the young editor of the Daily Dispatch in East London, South Africa, he ...

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