Person    | Female  Born 1913  Died 1928

Manche Masemola

Categories: Tragedy

Countries: South Africa

An Anglican catechumen from South Africa who was killed by her animist parents at the age of 16. She had refused to stop visiting the missionaries who came to her town to convert them to Christianity.

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