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South Africa repatriates journalist’s remains

By Christopher Torchia
Published August 19, 2014 4:20pm ET
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South Africa repatriates journalist’s remains
The remains of journalist Nat Nakasa, in a coffin draped in a South African flag, arrives in Durban, South Africa, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014 where he will be reburied, South Africa's arts and culture ministry said. South Africa is repatriating the remains of Nakasa, a black anti-apartheid journalist, who died in the United States in 1965 and was buried there until his recent exhumation. (AP Photo) | AP

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s “native of nowhere” is finally home.

The remains of Nat Nakasa, a black anti-apartheid journalist from South Africa who died in the United States in 1965 and was buried there until his recent exhumation, arrived on Tuesday in the South African coastal city of Durban.

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