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blacklist of artists who had ignored a cultural boycott of South Africa). To counter its cultural isolation, the apartheid era South
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who commissioned it. The sculpture was to have been unveiled by Caine, but she died two weeks before the scheduled unveiling. In the same year, the university awarded her an honorary doctorate in recognition of her life achievements and her contribution to the world of entertainment.
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