Godfrey Mokgonane Pitje
… to lecture in anthropology at Fort Hare, and, encouraged by A. P. Mda , a friend and fellow teacher, he joined … adoption of the 1949 Programme of Action. At the annual ANC conference of 1949, Mda resigned as ANC Youth League 's … year. Although staunch in his nationalism, Pitje was not by nature inclined to politics, and the league lost momentum …