Shujaa Moshesh
Shujaa Moshesh (born Wesley Dick) was a Black British political activist who was imprisoned after the Spaghetti House siege. While in prison he became a prisoners rights activist. He also wrote poetry.
Moshesh became involved in Black Power activism in the early 1970s. He attended meetings of the Black Panthers, the , the (BLF), and the Black Unity and Freedom Party.[1]
Moshesh was sentenced to 18 years in jail on 30 June 1976, and was first eligible for release on 19 July 1988,[2] before his actual release in the August of that year.[3]
References[]
- ^ Bourne, Jenny (2011). "Spaghetti House siege: Making the rhetoric real". Race & Class. 53 (2): 1–13. doi:10.1177/0306396811414319. S2CID 144164641.
- ^ "FOI 69949". Justice.gov.uk. Ministry of Justice. Archived from the original on 15 February 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ^ "Black prisoners in British jails - Interview with Shujaa Moshesh".
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- Black British writers