Swami Gounden

Swaminathan Karuppa "Swami" Gounden (1927 - 30 ga watan Nuwamba 2021) ɗan ƙungiyar ƙwadagon ƙasar  Afirka ta Kudu ne kuma mai fafutukar yaƙi da nuna wariyar launin fata daga Natal.

 Rayuwa da gwagwarmaya 
An haife shi a shekara ta 1927 a birnin Durban,  Gounden ya shiga siyasa ta hanyar ƙungiyar ƙwadago kuma ya shiga Jam'iyyar Kwaminis ta Afirka ta Kudu a Barikin Mujallu a shekarar 1944.  A shekara mai zuwa, ya kasance memba na ɓangaren ci gaba na Natal Indian Congress wanda ya dora Monty Naicker a shugaban majalisar, ya kori shugabancinta na masu ra'ayin mazan jiya.  Ya kasance mai fafutuka a yakin neman zaɓen  majalisa na adawa da abin da ake kira da Dokar Ghetto. 

Ya shiga jam'iyyar African National Congress (ANC) a shekarar 1950 kuma ya shiga yakin neman zaɓen  na shekarar 1952 da kuma shekarar 1955 Congress of the People.  A cikin shekaru biyar masu zuwa, ya kasance mai aiki a ƙungiyoyin jama'a a Natal, musamman ƙungiyoyin mazauna Asherville da United Democratic Front.  A cikin shekarar 2018, Shugaba Cyril Ramaphosa ya ba shi lambar yabo ta Luthuli a cikin Azurfa, "Domin tsawon rayuwarsa da jajircewarsa na yaki da zaluncin wariyar launin fata". 

Ya mutu a ranar 30 ga watan Nuwamba 2021, yana da shekara 93,  kuma an ba shi jana'izar lardin, inda Firayim Ministan KwaZulu-Natal Sihle Zikala ya gabatar da yabo. 

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Rukuni:Matattun 2021
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1927