Mandela is awarded the Joliot Curie Gold Medal for Peace

Date: 17 Jul 1964
Updated: 14 Jul 2020

The paper 'Leader' announced that African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela has been awarded the Joliot Curie Gold Medal for Peace the previous week. The announcement came a day short of Mandela's birthday, the first of its kind that he was going to celebrate behind closed doors. Mandela had recently been sentenced to life imprisonment after the Rivonia trials. The presentation was made by Mr Houari Souyah, President of the Algerian Peace Committee in Algiers, to Dr Yussuf Dadoo, a former President of the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) and the leader of the anti-apartheid movement in Britain. Source: Leader Newspaper.

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Mandela is awarded the Joliot Curie Gold Medal for Peace. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012020

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