Allan Boesak
Allan Aubrey Boesak is a South African Dutch Reformed Church cleric, politician and anti-apartheid activist. He was sentenced to prison for fraud in 1999 but was subsequently granted an official pardon and reinstated as a cleric in late 2004.
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- Born in
- Kakamas
- Educated at
- University of the Western Cape
- Awards
- 🏆 Thomas Merton Award🏆 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award
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1946
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