Vusumzi Make

Vusumzi L. Make (1931–April 15, 2006)cite web |url= http://sahistory.org.za/pages/people/make,v.htm|title= Vus'umuzi Make|accessmonthdate=2007-01-06|work= sahistory.org.za|publisher= South African History Online] was a South African civil rights activist and lawyer.cite web| url = http://etd.rau.ac.za/theses/available/etd-08182004-115716/restricted/FinalChapter4.pdf | title = The generation of strained intra-PAC relations in exile 1962-1990| accessdate = 2006-12-27|last = Kondlo | first = Kwandiwe Merriman | date = 2004-01-01| work = In the twilight of the Azanian Revolution: the exile history of the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (South Africa): (1960-1990)|publisher = University of Johannesburg| pages = Chapter 4, pp 146-246] He is an ex-husband of American poet Maya Angelou;cite web| url = http://drake.marin.k12.ca.us/stuwork/comacad/poets/ANGELOU/bio.html| title = The Life and Times of Maya Angelou| accessdate = 2006-12-27| publisher = Sir Francis Drake High School] the two married in 1960, lived together in Cairo, Egypt for three years, and divorced in 1963.cite web| url = http://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=1085 | title = Maya Angelou (1928–)| accessdate = 2006-12-27| last = Mcgraw| first = Patricia Washington| date = 2006-07-12| work = Encyclopedia of Arkansas| publisher = Central Arkansas Library System] He was a professor at the University of Liberia in Monrovia, Liberia from 1968 to 1974.

Time in the Pan Africanist Congress

When Potlako Leballo, Chairman of the Pan Africanist Congress, was forced out of the position, Make joined a Presidential Council consisting of David Sibeko, Ellias Ntloedibe, and himself. Several months later, Make became the sole Chairman.cite web| url = http://etd.rau.ac.za/theses/available/etd-08182004-115716/restricted/FinalChapter6.pdf | title = From Poqo to APLA: The evolution of the PAC’s military strategy (1961-1990)| accessdate = 2006-12-27|last = Kondlo | first = Kwandiwe Merriman | date = 2004-01-01| work = In the twilight of the Azanian Revolution: the exile history of the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (South Africa): (1960-1990)|publisher = University of Johannesburg| pages = Chapter 6, pp 281-311] He resigned from the chairmanship in January 1981 to make way for John Nyathi Pokela, who had been recently imprisonment on Robben Island. Under Pokela, Make served as deputy chairman of the PAC. He died on April 15, 2006 in Pretoria.

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* [http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/pr/1960s/pr600000.html Statement on behalf of the South Africa United Front] , an anti-apartheid piece written by Make and Oliver Tambo