ABSTRACT
Mr. John Samuel has been a tireless warrior for social justice for more than 50 years. He is one of South Africa’s most distinguished and internationally recognized education experts and leaders. Mr. Samuel grew up in a small rural village on the north coast of KwaZulu-Natal and attended the University of Natal in the early 1960s. He began his career as a teacher and administrator in South Africa in 1965 and has held various positions in Zambia, Ghana, and the UK, including chief examiner of the West African Examinations Board and academic director of the Teachers Education College in Zambia. After the brutal repression of the Soweto student uprising in 1976, Mr. Samuel returned to South Africa, where he worked as a legal assistant specializing in civil and human rights.
