Johannesburg in the Cold War

The atlas holds 5 people and 11 moments here, from 1948 to 1991. The most recorded lives are Nelson Mandela, Helen Keller and Doris Lessing.

Nelson Mandela
from 1953 to 1991
7 moments here
South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…
Helen Keller
in 1951
1 moment here
Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…
Doris Lessing
in 1956
1 moment here
British novelist Doris May Lessing was born in Kermanshah, Iran, grew up in Southern Rhodesia, and moved to London in 1949.…
Nadine Gordimer
in 1948
1 moment here
South African novelist, short-story writer, and anti-apartheid activist whose work examined apartheid, race, power, and moral responsibility.…
Ayrton Senna
in 1984
1 moment here
Brazilian racing driver Ayrton Senna da Silva was a three-time Formula One World Drivers’ Champion.…