PREXY NESBITT: A BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

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Creator

Mozambique Solidarity Office

Place Created

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Date

Undated, was in use in March 1991

Type of Item

Biography

Length/duration

1 page

Description

The biography says Prexy Nesbitt is the senior consultant in the U.S. for the government of the People's Republic of Mozambique. He was previously associate director of the American Committee on Africa, a board member of TransAfrica, and chair of the state-wide Coalition Illinois Divestment from South Africa (CIDSA). During 1986-87, he worked as an aid to the late Harold Washington, Mayor of Chicago. The biography says that, while a student at Antioch College, Nesbitt initiated the movement to have Antioch divest from South Africa's apartheid system. Nesbitt has been to Africa 35 times, most recently in April 1990 to visit Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. The biography mentions the...

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Organization

Mozambique Solidarity Office

Coverage Africa

Mozambique
Southern Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

Rights Management

Used by permission of Prexy Nesbitt, former staff member of Mozambique Solidarity Office.

Collection

Kathleen Sheldon papers, Michigan State University Libraries Special Collections