Strinivasa Rajoo "Strini" Moodley (22 December 1945 – 27 April 2006[1]) was a founding member of the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa. In 1976, he was convicted of terrorism in a trial involving members of the South African Students' Organisation and the Black People's Convention, and imprisoned on Robben Island.[2][3][4]
He became deputy news editor at the Natal Witness Upon release from Robben island 1n 1982, Strini delivered a paper on The State of the Oppressed at the Black Consciousness Movement organized Forum in Hammanskraal. he was then Publicity Secretary of the Azanian People's Organisation.[2][3]
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- "Tribute: Strini Moodley's Legacy" Economic and Political Weekly, 3 June 2006. Retrieved 5 March 2009.