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Pokela is a surname.
Notable people with the
surname include:
Martti Pokela (1924–2007),
Finnish folk
musician John
Nyathi Pokela (1922–1985),
South African...
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Martti Eliel Pokela (23
January 1924 – 23
August 2007) was a
Finnish folk
musician and composer.
Pokela was an
expert with the kantele, Finland's national...
- John
Nyathi "Poks"
Pokela (1922 or 1923 – 30 June 1985) was a
South African political activist and
Chairman of the Pan
Africanist Congress (PAC). Born...
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January 1981 to make way for John
Nyathi Pokela, who had been
recently imprisoned on
Robben Island.
Under Pokela, Make
served as
deputy chairman of the...
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deportation or
imprisonment of the others. Make was
replaced by John
Nyathi Pokela (who was
released from
Robben Island in 1980), but his
ineffectual term...
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Tortelier Mikko Paananen,
known as Mige, b****ist of the band HIM
Martti Pokela,
founder of the folk
music department and
former professor of the kantele...
- mid-20th century,
starting with the
efforts of
modern players such as
Martti Pokela in the 1950s and 1960s.
Education for
playing the
instrument starts in schools...
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Finnish heritage are conve****,
aided by
backing musicians Martti Pokela and
Toivo Alaspää.
Another cornerstone of Loituma's art is a
Finnish folk...
- L. Make,
former political activist and
member of PAC John
Nyathi "Poks"
Pokela former political activist and
member of PAC
Mapetla Mohapi,
member of the...
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split the PAC into a "reformist-diplomatic"
group under Sibeko, Make, and
Pokela, and a
Ghanaian Maoist group led by Leballo. APLA was destro**** by the Tanzanian...
