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'''David Bambatha Maphangumzana Sibeko''' (26 August 1938 in [[Johannesburg]], [[South Africa]] &ndash; 12 June 1979 in [[Dar es Salaam]], [[Tanzania]])<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.vvaw.org/veteran/article/?id=1981|title=PAC Leader Assassinated: David Sibeko|journal=VVAW (Vietnam Veterans Against the War|volume=9|number=3|date=Fall 1979|access-date=29 August 2022}}</ref> was a South African political activist. Known as the "[[Malcolm X]] of South Africa", he began his political career as a journalist for the black South African magazine ''[[Drum (South African magazine)|Drum]]''. During his tenure with that magazine, he became a leading figure within the [[Pan Africanist Congress of Azania]] (South Africa).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/six-pac-members-are-sentenced-killing-pac-leader-david-sibeko|title=Six PAC members are sentenced for the killing of PAC leader david Sibeko|website=South African History Online|date=15 June 1981|access-date=29 August 2022}}</ref> During the 1970s he headed the [[United Nations]] Observer Mission of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) in New York City and used this position to popularize the PAC, particularly among [[African Americans]]. In 1979 Sibeko was partially successful in a leadership coup against [[Potlako Leballo]]. However, he failed to get support from the Second Azanian People's Liberation Army, recruited from the 1976 student protest generation, and was shot dead during an argument with them at his flat in [[Oyster Bay, Tanzania|Oyster Bay]] in [[Dar es Salaam]], [[Tanzania]] on 12 June 1979.
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'''David Bambatha Maphgumzana Sibeko''' (26 August 1938 in [[Johannesburg]], [[South Africa]] &ndash; 12 June 1979 in [[Dar es Salaam]], [[Tanzania]])<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.vvaw.org/veteran/article/?id=1981|title=PAC Leader Assassinated: David Sibeko|journal=VVAW (Vietnam Veterans Against the War|volume=9|number=3|date=Fall 1979|access-date=29 August 2022}}</ref> was known as the "[[Malcolm X]] of South Africa" and began his political career as a journalist for the black South African magazine ''[[Drum (South African magazine)|Drum]]''. During his tenure with that magazine, he became a leading figure within the [[Pan Africanist Congress of Azania]] (South Africa).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/six-pac-members-are-sentenced-killing-pac-leader-david-sibeko|title=Six PAC members are sentenced for the killing of PAC leader david Sibeko|website=South African History Online|date=15 June 1981|access-date=29 August 2022}}</ref> During the 1970s he headed the [[United Nations]] Observer Mission of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) in New York City and used this position to popularize the PAC particularly among [[African Americans]]. In 1979 Sibeko was partially successful in a leadership coup against [[Potlako Leballo]]. However, he failed to get support from the Second Azanian People's Liberation Army, recruited from the 1976 student protest generation and was shot dead during an argument with them at his flat in [[Oyster Bay, Tanzania|Oyster Bay, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania]] on 12 June 1979.

David Sibeko's contribution to the liberation struggle in South Africa unfortunately is little known. In actuality his influence was pervasive and, some would argue, on par with that of Nelson Mandela. Sibeko adroitly used his position as the head of the PAC Observer Mission at the United Nations as a way to unite diverse sectors of the international black community behind the PAC. Thus he counted among his personal friends and supporters personages as varied as [[Andrew Young]], [[Stokely Carmichael]] (later known as [[Kwame Ture]]), [[Julius Nyerere]], [[Louis Farrakhan]], and the heads of state of countries such as [[Haiti]] (pre-[[Aristide]]), to [[Libya]], [[Egypt]], the future [[Zimbabwe]], [[Ghana]], [[Guinea]], and many more that comprised the [[Organization of African Unity]].

A sharp thinker, and, above all, an eminently practical, big-hearted man with an easy laugh, he could be seen coaxing support from a [[U.S. State Department]] official one minute, gathering support from the [[Chinese Communism|communist Chinese]] the next, and persuading the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] representatives to assist the PAC in some small matter or another after that. One could easily find the same [[African National Congress|ANC]] officials that would detract him and the PAC during the day, drinking, eating (he would personally cook for his guests), and laughing at his apartment on West End Avenue in New York City that same evening. Had he remained as a highly effective diplomat as a counterbalance to the revolutionary activities of the younger generation the PAC would have continued as a serious rival to the ANC.{{According to whom|date=May 2022}}


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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* Leeman, Lieutenant-General Bernard, "The Pan Africanist Congress of Azania", in ''AFRICA TODAY A Multi-Disciplinary Snapshot of the Continent in 1995'', edited by Peter F. Alexander, Ruth Hutchison and Deryck Schreuder, The Humanities Research Centre, The Australian National University Canberra, 1996, pages 172–195 {{ISBN|0-7315-2491-8}}.
* Leeman, Lieutenant-General Bernard, "The Pan Africanist Congress of Azania", in ''AFRICA TODAY A Multi-Disciplinary Snapshot of the Continent in 1995'', edited by Peter F. Alexander, Ruth Hutchison and Deryck Schreuder, The Humanities Research Centre, The Australian National University Canberra, 1996, pages 172–195 {{ISBN|0-7315-2491-8}}.
* Sampson, A. ''South Africa 1978–1979.'' Johannesburg: Black and Gold.
* Sampson, A. ''South Africa 1978–1979.'' Johannesburg: Black and Gold.
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David Sibeko (1969)

David Bambatha Maphangumzana Sibeko (26 August 1938 in Johannesburg, South Africa – 12 June 1979 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)[1] was a South African political activist. Known as the "Malcolm X of South Africa", he began his political career as a journalist for the black South African magazine Drum. During his tenure with that magazine, he became a leading figure within the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (South Africa).[2] During the 1970s he headed the United Nations Observer Mission of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) in New York City and used this position to popularize the PAC, particularly among African Americans. In 1979 Sibeko was partially successful in a leadership coup against Potlako Leballo. However, he failed to get support from the Second Azanian People's Liberation Army, recruited from the 1976 student protest generation, and was shot dead during an argument with them at his flat in Oyster Bay in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on 12 June 1979.

See also

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Further reading

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  • Leeman, Lieutenant-General Bernard, "The Pan Africanist Congress of Azania", in AFRICA TODAY A Multi-Disciplinary Snapshot of the Continent in 1995, edited by Peter F. Alexander, Ruth Hutchison and Deryck Schreuder, The Humanities Research Centre, The Australian National University Canberra, 1996, pages 172–195 ISBN 0-7315-2491-8.
  • Sampson, A. South Africa 1978–1979. Johannesburg: Black and Gold.

References

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  1. ^ "PAC Leader Assassinated: David Sibeko". VVAW (Vietnam Veterans Against the War. 9 (3). Fall 1979. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Six PAC members are sentenced for the killing of PAC leader david Sibeko". South African History Online. 15 June 1981. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
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