Zainunnisa "Cissie" Gool | |
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| Born | Zainunnisa Abdurahman 6 November 1897 |
| Died | 1 July 1963 (aged 65) |
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| Father | Abdullah Abdurahman |
Zainunnisa "Cissie" Gool (6 November 1897 – 1 July 1963) was an anti-apartheid political and civil rights leader in South Africa. She was the daughter of prominent physician and politician Abdullah Abdurahman and mother Helen Potter James. Gool founded the National Liberation League and helped to create the Non-European United Front (NEUF). She was known and loved as the "Jewel of District Six" and "Joan of Arc" by South Africans as a champion of the poor.[1]