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Sylvia Pankhurst in Ethiopia: Her involvement in the Ethiopian cause of 1936 and subsequent life in Africa [audio 9min]

A fierce socialist and internationalist, Sylvia Pankhurst became involved in the Ethiopian cause in 1936, after the Italian invasion. Twenty years later, at the invitation of the Emperor Haile Selassie, she moved to Ethiopia with her son Richard and his wife Rita. And it's there – in Addis Addiba – that she's buried. Journalist Thembi Mutch meets Sylvia's family who still live there to find out more about her life in Africa.
Read entire article at BBC Radio 4 "Women's Hour"