Ethel de Keyser

Ethel de Keyser (4 November 1926 - 16 July 2004) was a South African anti-apartheid activist based in London, England. Ethel de Keyser is recognized for sustained organizational leadership in the international anti-apartheid movement — work that helped maintain the arms embargo and political isolation of apartheid while building educational institutions for a democratic South Africa. Quotes I think that I became much more aware of the situation in South Africa than I would have done as a white South African, brought up in much the same way as other white South Africans. ** We were reluctant to take funding from any government because that would have impugned our integrity. ** Our role here is not to set up our own outfit, it is to do everything, explore every avenue, to expose what is going on in Southern Africa and try and contribute towards change, inasmuch as you can contribute from outside the country. ** I am sure that education is the key to the transformation and change in South Africa, and obviously our contribution is small, but it’s not insignificant. ** External Links https://www.aamarchives.org/archive/interviews/ethel-de-keyser.html