Johaar Mosaval, S. African ballet star who challenged apartheid … – The Washington Post

Johaar Mosaval, a South African ballet dancer who was blocked by apartheid-era racial laws from pursuing his ambitions, rose to become a principal dancer with London’s Royal Ballet, and returned to his homeland in the 1970s using dance to challenge the White-rule system, died Aug. 16 at a hospital in Cape Town. He was 95.