Biographies
279 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0068266 | biography | Thomas Titus Nkobi | 1922 | – |
| B-0066324 | biography | James Kantor | 1927-1974 | ✓ |
| B-0065389 | biography | Albertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu | 1918-2011 | ✓ |
| B-0009265 | biography | Shaka Zulu | 1787-1828 | ✓ |
| B-0009024 | biography | George Sewpersadh | 1936 | – |
| B-0009017 | biography | Pixley ka Isaka Seme | 1881-1951 | ✓ |
| B-0009013 | biography | Jan Gerard Sekoto | 1913-1993 | ✓ |
| B-0008741 | biography | Ndazana Nathaniel Nakasa (Nat Nakasa) | 1937-1965 | ✓ |
| B-0008586 | biography | Thamsanqa “Thami” Mnyele | 1948-1985 | ✓ |
| B-0008516 | biography | Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki | 1942 | – |
| B-0008358 | biography | Samora Machel | 1933-1986 | ✓ |
| B-0008223 | biography | Clements Kadalie | 1896-1951 | ✓ |
| B-0008203 | biography | Wopko Jensma | 1939 | ✓ |
| B-0008190 | biography | Davidson Don Tengo Jabavu | 1885-1959 | ✓ |
| B-0008131 | biography | Josiah Tshangana Gumede | 1867-1946 | ✓ |
Thomas Titus Nkobi
Thomas Titus Nkobi was born in 1922, the son of a taxi driver, he grew up in Johannesburg. Member of the national executive committee of…
James Kantor
James Kantor was born on 26 February 1927 in Johannesburg to Abraham Kantor, a lawyer and Pauline ‘Polly’ (Braude) Kantor. James Kantor was…
Albertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu
Introduction Nontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu (née Nontsikelelo Thethiwe) was one of the prominent anti-apartheid South African leaders,…
Shaka Zulu
Sigidi kaSenzangakhona commonly knows as Shaka was a great Zulu king and conqueror. He lived in an area of south-east Africa between the…
George Sewpersadh
George Sewpersadh was born in Cato Manor on 7 October 1936. His father was a newspaper vendor and his mother a housewife. His family was…
Pixley ka Isaka Seme
Pixley Seme was born on 1 October 1881 in Natal, the son of Isaka Sarah (nee Mseleku) Seme. Little is documented of his early life as a…
Jan Gerard Sekoto
“Art is the spark, the illumination which is socially significant for it brings about understanding.” Jan Gerard Sekoto was born on 9…
Ndazana Nathaniel Nakasa (Nat Nakasa)
Ndazana Nathaniel (Nat) Nakasa was born on 12 May 1937 in Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape. Nakasa was the second of three children of Joseph…
Thamsanqa “Thami” Mnyele
"For me as craftsman, the act of creating art should complement the act of creating shelter for my family or liberating the country for me…
Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki was born on June 18 1942, in Mbewuleni (meaning ‘place of seed’), a tiny village in Idutywa in Transkei (now Eastern…
Samora Machel
Samora Machel was born in 1933 and was raised in the village of Chilembene. He was a member of the Shangana ethnic group and his parents…
Clements Kadalie
Clements Kadalie was born in April 1896 in Nkhata Bay District at Chifira village near the Bandawe Mission Station in Nyasaland, presently…
Wopko Jensma
Wokpo was born on 26 July 1939 in Middelburg, Cape Town. He received his education at the University of Potchefstroom, but his studies were…
Davidson Don Tengo Jabavu
Davidson Don Tengo Jabavu (D. D. T) Jabavu was born in the Cape Colony in 20 October in 1885. He was the eldest son of John Tengo Jabavu, a…
Josiah Tshangana Gumede
Josiah Tshangana Gumede was born on 9th October 1867 in Healdtown Village, Fort Beaufort in the Eastern Cape. His father, John Gumede, and…