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From: "Ivy Trott" <>
Subject: Re: [SoAfricaHistory] Lecture Series--Abduraghman/Gool Families of Cape Town
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 05:01:18 +0200
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Thank you for your e-mail, and for forwarding info which, because of weekend
committments, I have not yet accessed. Thought you may be interested in the
e-mail received to-day via a List from Kammie.
Have a good week! Ivy.

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From: "Kammie" <>
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Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2004 2:53 PM
Subject: [SoAfricaHistory] Lecture Series--Abduraghman/Gool Families of Cape
Town


> Hi List participants
>
> This is a X-posting
>
> Regards
> Kammie
> Cape Town,
> RSA
> =================================================
> Lecture Series--Abduraghman/Gool Families of Cape Town
>
> Here is a story on one of the most important Non-White 'political
families'
> in Cape Town.
>
> My name is Dr Selim Gool and I am the nephew of Councillor Mrs. Zainunissa
> 'Cissie' Gool, whose father, Dr Abdullah Abduraghman was the first
> 'Non-White' to sit in local government (from 1905 to 1940) - a record of
35
> years of 'Clean' Local Government. My father, Dr Goolam Gool and my
> mother, Mrs Halima Gool, as well as my Uncle and Aunt, Issac Bongani
Tabata
> and Jainup Gool, were leading radicals of the Political Generation of the
> 1930s onwards.
>
> I represent the third-generation of Cape Town members of this family
lineage
> and have a broad knowledge and understanding of the dynamics of municipal
> politics in this town. My information may well fit in well with your
> readership, seeing that this year is the 10th anniversary of the
democratic
> transition and also an election year.
>
> I have been doing historical and geneological research into my family's
> 'roots' (see files below) and am to present parts of my material at a
> series of meetings/lecture series arranged through the District Six Museum
> Foundation, at their Memorial Hall annex, on Buitenkant Street on the
> following Tuesdays:
>
> Date : Tuesday, 9 March 2004 :
> Lecture 1 on - "Dr Abduraghman and the Politics of Choice": The Defense
> of the Cape Franchise and 'Coloured Politics' since 1910
> Venue : District Six Museum Foundation, at their Memorial Hall annex, on
> Buitenkant Street, Cape Town
>
>
> Date : Tuesday, 23 March 2004 :
> Lecture 2 on - "Counsellor Mrs. Z. 'Cissie' Gool and the Politics of
> Confrontation": Breaking with the Older Generation's policies, from 1930
> Venue : District Six Museum Foundation, at their Memorial Hall annex, on
> Buitenkant Street, Cape Town
>
> Date : Tuesday, 30 March 2004
> Lecture 3 on - "The Young Turks - Goolam, Jane and Halima Gool (et al)
> and the Politics of Hope": The challenges of a New Generation of
Radicals
> Venue : District Six Museum Foundation, at their Memorial Hall annex, on
> Buitenkant Street,Cape Town
>
> Date : Tuesday, 13 April 2004
> Lecture 4 on - A Critical Evaluation of the Strategies and Politics of
> the above: What can we learn for Today from our chequered political past?
> Venue : District Six Museum Foundation, at their Memorial Hall annex, on
> Buitenkant Street, Cape Town
>
> Hoping to hear from you at your earliest convenience if you are interested
> in this story.
>
> Yours sincerely,
>
> Dr Selim Y. Gool
> ======================================================
> You are welcome to interview the author, or otherwise have more
information
> on his proposed lecture series, then call Dr Selim Y. Gool at email
address
> :
>
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