Kesaveloo Goonam

Kesaveloo Goonam (1906 – 21 September 1998), also known as Kesaveloo Goonaruthnum Naidoo, was a South African doctor and anti-apartheid activist. She was the first Indian woman to practise as a medical doctor in South Africa. Quotes I am here to vindicate this interpretation of democracy. People just no longer have any faith in the organisation. Mail & Guardian intensely patriotic, highly critical of the British, and passionately supportive of Gandhi Curious Edinburgh wives had defied their husbands and joined us. University of Edinburgh Winds from the world blew around me and ideas of justice and injustice, freedom and exploitation began to excite my imagination and awaken my political consciousness. CAS Students to Lead Seminar On University’s African Alumni, Pt. II: Dr. Goonam The time has now come for our women to throw in our lot with our men to save our homes and our families. We later learnt that we had unwittingly set the pace for a woman’s liberation movement. Kesaveloo Goonam — Uncovered External links Category:1906 births Category:1998 deaths Category:Activists from South Africa Category:Physicians Category:Women activists Category:People from Durban