George Sewpersadh

Chanderdeo "George" Sewpersadh OLS (7 ga Oktoba 1936 - 18 ga Mayu 2007), wanda aka fi sani da Sewpershad, lauya ne na Afirka ta Kudu kuma Mai fafutukar adawa da yaƙi da nuna wariyar launin fata. Ya kasance tsohon shugaban majalisar dokokin Indiya ta Natal kuma wanda ake tuhuma a cikin shekarar 1985 Pietermaritzburg Treason Trial. 

 Rayuwar farko da ilimi 
An haifi Sewpersadh a ranar 7 ga watan Oktoba 1936 a Cato Manor, wani yanki na Indiya da ke wajen Durban a tsohuwar Lardin Natal.  Mahaifinsa mai sayar da jarida ne, mahaifiyarsa kuma uwar gida ce.  Iyalinsu sun ƙaura zuwa Reservoir Hills lokacin ƙuruciyarsa, kuma ya yi digiri a Kwalejin Sastri da ke Durban.  Bayan haka ya halarci Jami'ar Natal daga shekarun 1955 zuwa 1960, ya kammala BA a shekarar 1957 da LLB a shekarar 1960. 

Yayin da yake ɗalibin BA, a cikin watan Disamba 1956, Sewpersadh ya shiga Natal Indian Congress (NIC), wanda aka yi masa wahayi ta hanyar adawa da nuna wariyar launin fata amma kuma ta gwagwarmayar 'yancin kai na Indiya da jaruman ta, Jawaharlal Nehru da Mahatma Gandhi.  Ya zama shugaban kafa sabon reshen NIC a Cato Manor.  Koyaya, NIC ta faɗi cikin kwanciyar hankali a tsakiyar shekarun 1960s. A maimakon haka Sewpersadh ya mayar da hankali kan kafa aikinsa a matsayin lauya a yankin Durban na Verulam.

 Aiki da gwagwarmaya 
Lokacin da aka sake buɗe NIC a watan Yuni 1971, an zaɓi Sewpersadh a matsayin shugabanta; An dakatar da shugaban ƙasa mai kishin ƙasa, Mewa Ramgobin, a lokacin don haka ya ƙasa tsayawa. Jerry Coovadia ya ce Sewpersadh ɗan takara ne mai jan hankali saboda ta kasance "tsohuwar nau'in makaranta mai sassaucin ra'ayi: babba akan tsari mai kyau, 'yancin ɗan adam da 'yanci, 'yancin ɗan adam."  A matsayinsa na shugaban NIC ya fuskanci kamawa da kuma hana umarni a lokuta da dama;  a lokacin tsawaita dakatarwa daga shekarun 1973 zuwa 1978, MJ Naidoo ya maye gurbinsa a matsayin shugaban NIC. 

A cikin bazara 1984, Sewpersadh yana ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda ake kira Durban Six waɗanda suka guje wa kamu ta hanyar fakewa a Ofishin Jakadancin Burtaniya a Durban. A ranar 6 ga watan Oktoba 1984, bayan makonni uku a cikin ofishin jakadancin, Sewpersadh da abokan aikinsa NIC guda biyu Naidoo da Ramgobin  da raɗin kansu sun bar ofishin jakadancin kuma nan da nan aka sake kama su a kan titin waje. Daga baya an tuhume su da laifin cin amanar ƙasa  a cikin shari'ar cin amanar ƙasa ta Pietermaritzburg,  ko da yake an soke tuhumar da ake musu a watan Disamba 1985.

Ya rasu a Durban a ranar 18 ga watan Mayu 2007 bayan gajeriyar rashin lafiya;  yana da ciwon daji. Bai yi aure ba. An gudanar da taron tunawa da shi a zauren Kendra da ke Durban, kuma masu magana sun haɗa da Alkalin Kotun Tsarin Mulki Pius Langa. 

 Girmamawa 
A cikin watan Oktoba 2008, Shugaba Thabo Mbeki ya shigar da Sewpersadh bayan mutuwarsa ga Order of Luthuli, yana ba shi oda a azurfa don "Yin adawa da mulkin nuna wariyar launin fata da kuma gwagwarmayar ra'ayi na rashin ƙabilanci, rashin jinsi, adalci da dimokuraɗiyya Afirka ta Kudu." Hakanan a cikin shekarar 2008, Birnin eThekwini an sake masa suna Verulam's Moss Street zuwa titin George Sewpersadh.

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Matattun 2007
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1936