Nomzamo Winifred Madikizela-Mandela (26 September 1936-2 April 2018)

Keeping with the subject matter of this month’s book display, Diverse People Unite, we would like to notify readers that Nomzamo Winifred Madikizela-Mandela died today.

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela during her exile in Brandfort in 1977.
Image: Gallo Images/ Avusa Archives/ Peter Magubane

A special thanks to the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library for sharing this story.

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