Kiilu Nyasha
| Kiilu Nyasha | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Kiilu Nyasha 01 (cropped).jpg | |
| Born | May 22, 1939 |
| April 10, 2018 (aged 78)April 10, 2018 (aged 78) | |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Hunter College |
| 💼 Occupation | Activist, journalist |
| 🏢 Organization | Black Panther Party |
Kiilu Nyasha (May 22, 1939 – April 10, 2018) was an American Black Panther, journalist, and revolutionary activist. She was born in 1939, and grew up in New York City and San Francisco.
Career[edit]
In San Francisco, she joined the Black Panther Party and worked for a lawyer who defended the Party.[1] In her life, she met and worked with other activists like Yuri Kochiyama and Jean-Bertrand Aristide.[2][3]
After the Black Panther Party ended, Kiilu Nyasha became known as a journalist. She hosted a radio show where she did interviews and wrote articles for San Francisco newspapers. After Hurricane Katrina, she gave a speech at the University of Arizona about the U.S. government's racism.[4] She often spoke out to say other revolutionaries who were in prison should be released; one of the prisoners she supported the most was Mumia Abu-Jamal, who is also a journalist.[5][6][7] Kiilu Nyasha kept doing journalism and activism right up to the time she died.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Kiilu Nyasha and Yuri Kochiyama: sisters in revolution". The Mercury News. 2017-03-03. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
- ↑ Valrey, JR (2018-04-13). "The highest salute to the late Black Panther veteran Kiilu Nyasha!". San Francisco Bay View. Retrieved 2020-10-30. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Ross, Martha (2017-03-03). "Kiilu Nyasha and Yuri Kochiyama: sisters in revolution". East Bay Times. Bay Area News Group. Retrieved 2020-11-04. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Ory, Laura (2005-10-20). "Black activist remembered by Africana studies". Arizona Daily Wildcat. Retrieved 2020-10-31. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Kiilu Nyasha". Bay Area Video Coalition. 2016-01-05. Retrieved 2020-10-30. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Ferriss, Susan (1995-06-06). "300 in Oakland demonstrate for journalist on death row". SFGATE. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
- ↑ Nyasha, Kiilu; Wallach, Donna (2001-05-03). "Mumia's Life Is In Our Hands". The Sun-Reporter. p. S5. Retrieved 2020-10-31. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help)
Other websites[edit]
This article "Kiilu Nyasha" is from Simple English Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Kiilu Nyasha.
