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Elizabeth 'Nanna' Abrahams
Elizabeth "Nanna" Abrahams (19 September 1925 – 17 December 2009)〔Patel, Yusuf and Hirschsohn, Philip (2005). (), ''"Nanna" Liz Abrahams tells her Life Story''. UWC & Diana Ferrus Publishers. ISBN 0-620-34984-0.〕 was a South African political activist and trade unionist who participated actively in the struggle against apartheid. Born in the Paarl Valley area of Western Cape Province, South Africa, Liz, as she was affectionately called, became General Secretary of the Food and Canning Workers Union (FCWU) in 1956, a duty she performed until 1964.〔FAWU tributes (2008)(). Liz Abrahams. Retrieved 22 October 2010.〕 Her commitment to the struggle brought her close to activists including Elizabeth Mafikeng, Archie Sibeko, Oscar Mpetha and Ray Alexander. She was in 1986 detained for police questioning and subsequently detained for almost three months without trial. After her retirement, Abrahams remained actively involved in the Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU), and was in 1995, a year after South Africa's first democratic elections, invited to serve as a Member of Parliament. During the last years of her life, Abrahams received several awards for her contributions to the liberation movement and for her activities on behalf of the rights of the working class.
==Early life==
Elizabeth "Nanna" Abrahams was born into a working-class coloured family in the Paarl Valley. She showed enthusiasm for politics from an early age, an interest she later attributed to her father's own interest in reading and discussing political issues.〔Parker, Cassandra (1992) (), Interviews with Liz Abrahams and Elizabeth Mafekeng in Paarl. Courtesy Wecheselmann/Mayibuye Centre, University of the Western Cape.〕 The economic climate in Paarl during Abrahams's childhood severely limited job opportunities, and after the death of her father she dropped out of school to work as a seasonal labourer on a local fruit canning factory. There she became aware of the harsh conditions workers faced, including long working hours and low wages.
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