Vusumzi Make

Vusumzi L. Make (1931–April 15, 2006)^[1] was a South African civil rights activist and lawyer.^[2] He is an ex-husband of American poet Maya Angelou;^[3] the two married in 1960, lived together in Cairo, Egypt for three years, and divorced in 1963.^[4] Make was a professor at the University of Liberia in Monrovia, Liberia, from 1968 to 1974, and succeeded Potlako Leballo as Chairman of the Pan Africanist Congress in August 1979, when Leballo was forced out of the position.^[5] He resigned from the chairmanship in January 1981 to make way for John Nyathi Pokela, who had been recently imprisonment on Robben Island. Under Pokela, Make served as deputy chairman of the PAC.^[2] He died on April 15, 2006 in Pretoria.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b Vus'umuzi Make. sahistory.org.za. South African History Online.
^ ^a ^b Kondlo, Kwandiwe Merriman (2004-01-01). The generation of strained intra-PAC relations in exile 1962-1990. In the twilight of the Azanian Revolution: the exile history of the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (South Africa): (1960-1990) Chapter 4, pp 146-246. University of Johannesburg. Retrieved on December 27, 2006.
^ The Life and Times of Maya Angelou. Sir Francis Drake High School. Retrieved on December 27, 2006.
^ Mcgraw, Patricia Washington (2006-07-12). Maya Angelou (1928–). Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Central Arkansas Library System. Retrieved on December 27, 2006.
^ Kondlo, Kwandiwe Merriman (2004-01-01). From Poqo to APLA: The evolution of the PAC’s military strategy (1961-1990). In the twilight of the Azanian Revolution: the exile history of the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (South Africa): (1960-1990) Chapter 6, pp 281-311. University of Johannesburg. Retrieved on December 27, 2006.