Erection date: /7/2003
Inscription
English Heritage
Ruth First, 1925 - 1982, Joe Slovo, 1926 - 1995, South African freedom fighters, lived here, 1966 - 1978.
Unveiled by Mandela.
Site: First & Slovo (1 memorial)
NW1, Lyme Street, 13
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
First & Slovo
Subjects commemorated i
Ruth First
South African freedom fighter. Born Johannesburg. Married Slovo in 1949; the ...
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First & Slovo
Created by i
English Heritage
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Nelson Mandela
Anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and International elder statesman. ...
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