Amina Pahad

Amina Pahad was a South African anti-apartheid activist and member of the Transvaal Indian Congress. She participated in the 1946 passive resistance campaign against the Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act and was among the first women volunteers from the Transvaal to occupy a restricted site in Durban. She was arrested and imprisoned during the campaign and later participated in the 1952 Defiance Campaign and the 1956 Women's March on the Union Buildings. Quotes I did not want my husband to know the humiliation and ordeal of going to jail, and would rather volunteer in his place. Muslim Portraits: The Anti-Apartheid Struggle External links Category:1918 births Category:1973 deaths Category:Women activists from South Africa Category:Anti-apartheid activists Category:Women born in the 1910s