Africa
45,734 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0007956 | biography | Dr. Wilson Zamindlela "Zami" Conco | 1919 | ✓ |
| B-0007951 | biography | Jameson Gilbert Coka | 1910-1960s | ✓ |
| B-0007939 | biography | Frank Chikane | 1951 | – |
| B-0007934 | biography | Rev. George Champion | 1810-1841 | – |
| B-0007916 | biography | Edwin Cameron | 1953 | ✓ |
| B-0007913 | biography | Yusuf Cachalia | 1915-1995 | ✓ |
| B-0007903 | biography | Julius Phumelele Busa | 1927 | – |
| B-0007900 | biography | Sonia Beryl Bunting | 1922-2001 | – |
| B-0007887 | biography | André Philippus Brink | 1935-2015 | – |
| B-0007870 | biography | David Wilcox Bopape | 1915-2004 | ✓ |
| B-0007863 | biography | Isaac Bokala | 1929-2005 | ✓ |
| B-0007860 | biography | Molly Blackburn | 1930-1985 | ✓ |
| B-0007856 | biography | Diana (Di) Bishop | – | – |
| B-0007853 | biography | Jodi Bieber | 1966 | ✓ |
| B-0007849 | biography | Pieter Arnoldus Beyleveld | 1916-1988 | ✓ |
BiographyDr. Wilson Zamindlela "Zami" Conco
Wilson Zamindlela "Zami" Conco, the son of a semi-literate but wealthy cattle farmer in the Ixopo district of Natal in 1919, Conco rose to…
BiographyJameson Gilbert Coka
Jameson Gilbert Coka was born in 1910 on a white farm near Vryheid, Natal, the son of a sharecropper. He won a bursary to Adams College,…
BiographyFrank Chikane
Frank Chikane, the son of James and Erenia Chikane, was born on 3 January 1951 in Johannesburg. His father was a preacher in the Apostolic…
BiographyRev. George Champion
Reverend George Champion was born in the state of Connecticut, United States in 1810. After graduating from Yale University, Champion…
BiographyEdwin Cameron
Edwin Cameron was born on 15 February 1953 in Pretoria. He completed his schooling at Pretoria Boys’ High School and thanks to an Anglo…
BiographyYusuf Cachalia
Yusuf Cachalia was born in Johannesburg on 15 January 1915. A leading figure in the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) in the 1940s and…
BiographyJulius Phumelele Busa
Born in 1927 Busa was a trade unionist. He played an important part in organising textile workers in Worcester, and was an African National…
BiographySonia Beryl Bunting
Born Sonia Isaacman in 1922, she joined the Communist Party in 1942 and gave up her university studies to do full-time political work…
BiographyAndré Philippus Brink
Brink is a distinguished South African novelist, playwright, literary critic and academic who challenged the apartheid government. He is…
BiographyDavid Wilcox Bopape
David Wilcox Hlahane Bopape was the son of Pedi-speaking farm workers, Levi and Jerita Bopape. He was born in 1915 at Houtboschdorp near…
BiographyIsaac Bokala
Isaac Bokala was born in 1929 in Newclare, Johannesburg. Bokala qualified as a teacher at the Wilberforce Institute, and in 1950 he began…
BiographyMolly Blackburn
Molly Blackburn was born in 1930. She was the daughter of Elgar Bellhouse who was at one time the chairperson of the Progressive Party (PP…
BiographyDiana (Di) Bishop
Diana Bishop was born in Cape Town. She made her first political statement at age eleven in 1961 when South Africa became a republic…
BiographyJodi Bieber
Jodi Bieber has lived in Johannesburg for the past 35 years. She studied photography at the Market Theatre photographic workshop, a non…
BiographyPieter Arnoldus Beyleveld
Pieter Beyleveld was born in 1916 in the Orange Free State and educated at farm schools. He joined the army at the outbreak of World War II…