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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...
- 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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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...
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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...
- mid-20th century,
beginning 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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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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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...
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Nascimento Gamal Abdel N****er
Kwame Nkrumah Julius Nyerere John
Nyathi Pokela Thomas Sankara Ahmed Sékou Touré
Haile Sel****ie
Robert Sobukwe I. T. A. Wallace-Johnson...
- Nxele,
former Xhosa prophet who
drowned while trying to
escape John
Nyathi Pokela, co-founder and
former chairman of the PAC Joe Seremane,
former chairperson...
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Other recorded versions include the 1978
version by
Matti Kontio,
Martti Pokela and Eeva-Leena Sariola, and the 2002
version by
heavy metal band Sentenced...
