Authentic African News » Deaths (Obituaries)
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Ian McRae, Who Brought Electricity to Black South Africa, Dies at 90
As head of the state-owned utility, he defied apartheid laws by laying the groundwork for providing power to the nonwhite townships and by hiring Black people. He died of the novel coronavirus. -
Diana Russell, Who Studied Violence Against Women, Dies at 81
She popularized the term “femicide,” to highlight the killing of women “because they are women” and to distinguish these killings from other homicides.