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Neville Alexander
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Neville Edward Alexander OLS (22 October 1936 – 27 August 2012) was a proponent of a multilingual South Africa and a former revolutionary who spent ten years on Robben Island as a fellow-prisoner of Nelson Mandela.
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Neville Edward Alexander | |
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![]() Alexander at the World Conference of African Linguistics in Cologne in September 2009 | |
Born | (1936-10-22)22 October 1936 |
Died | 27 August 2012(2012-08-27) (aged 75) |
Education | Holy Cross School, Cradock, South Africa |
Alma mater | University of Cape Town BA & MA, PhD (University of Tübingen) |
Occupation(s) | Political activist, educationalist & academic: lecturer at various institutes and universities |
Known for | Jailmate of Nelson Mandela and Linguapax winner |
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