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DESCRIPTION:Event @ the World Affairs Council, 3/27  What: “Remarks by Her Excellency 
 Barbara Masekela, South African Ambassador to the United States"  Who: 
 Barbara Maskela, a diplomat of note for many years and a key political 
 activist in the fight to end apartheid in South Africa, began her career 
 with 12 years as a professor of English Literature, while also worked with 
 the ANC Observer Mission to the United Nations to help build the 
 Anti-Apartheid movement in the United States.  In 1982 Ms Masekela left the 
 United States to work full time at the ANC headquarters in Lusaka, Zambia.  
 After the release of Nelson Mandela in February 1990, she served as his 
 Chief of Staff, until her appointment as Ambassador to France and to UNESCO 
 in 1995.   Returning to South Africa in 1999, she joined the corporate 
 world as Director of the Standard Bank of South Africa, the South African 
 Broadcasting Corporation, the World Diamond Council and the International 
 Marketing Council, among others.  She also became a trustee of the Nelson 
 Mandela Children’s Fund and the Nelson Mandela Foundation.  Retiring in 
 March 2003 as Executive Director for Public and Corporate Affairs for De 
 Beers Consolidated Mines, she returned to public service as President 
 Mbeki’s Ambassador to the United States in June of that same year.  When: 
 Monday, March 27; Check In: 5:30 PM, Program: 6:00 PM  Where: World Affairs 
 Council, 312 Sutter St., 2nd Floor Conference Room, San Francisco  
 Admission Costs: Council members: FREE; Students w/ ID: $5; Non-members: 
 $15  Info: (415) 293-4600, info@wacsf.org, 
 http://www.itsyourworld.org/program.php?page=1552  \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/02/22/88823.php
SUMMARY:“Remarks by Her Excellency Barbara Masekela, South African Ambassador to the Uni
LOCATION:World Affairs Council, 312 Sutter St., 2nd Floor Conference Room, San 
 Francisco
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/02/22/88823.php
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