Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
3318DC99
Site Name
Amy Biehl Memorial, Guguletu, Cape Town
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Thursday, March 4, 2021 - 04:50
Last modified
Tuesday, January 7, 2025 - 10:23
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Thursday, March 4, 2021 - 04:50.
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Classifications
Monument Type
Description
To honor Amy Beihl for selflessly and tirelessly made South African aspirations to her own and lost her life in the turmoil of our transition, as the new South Africa struggled to be born in the dying moments of apartheid. In 1997 the Amy Beihl foundation was founded by her parents to develop and empower youth in South Africa through educational and cultural programs.
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Construction Materials
Granite
Pedestal Material
Concrete
Person/Institution Commemorated
Event Commemorated
The killing of an African exchange student from America by the youth of Guguletu during waning apartheid.
Date Unveiled
Unveiled Comment
Donald Gibs US Ambassador and her parents Linda and Peter Beihl and also present was former president Thabo Mbeki
Inscriptions
/Amy Biehl, 26 April - 25 August 1993 Killed in an act of political violence Amy was a Fulbright scholar and tireless human rights activist//The Amy Beihl foundation was founded in 1997 by her parents to develop and empower youth in South Africa through educational and cultural programs./
Location
Location
Mapping
-33.971236, 18.566024
Western Cape
- City of Cape Town
Directions to Site
Use the road to mapungubwe national park its located in Musina limpopo
Access details
In a public space
Media
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