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MBIZANA
The Village of MBzana was where Oliver Reginald Tambo was born- on the 27th of October 1917, in South Africa. He was born to farming origins- and as a 3-year-old young boy, he displayed a sense of responsibility beyond his years, a taste of what lay ahead in his inspiring life story (Dieleman,2022).
Figure 1: WATCH: Oliver Tambo's hometown, the epitome of service not delivered ( ENCA, 2017).
MBIZANA
The Village of MBzana was where Oliver Reginald Tambo was born- on the 27th of October 1917, in South Africa. He was born to farming origins- and as a 3-year-old young boy, he displayed a sense of responsibility beyond his years, a taste of what lay ahead in his inspiring life story (Dieleman,2022).
Figure 1: WATCH: Oliver Tambo's hometown, the epitome of service not delivered ( ENCA, 2017).
EDUCATION
He earned a scholarship to attend the University of Fort Hare, the only university open to Black citizens in the country, where he studied education and science. He received his bachelor's degree in 1941 (South Africa History Online, 2023).
In the year 1944, Tambo, along with the late Nelson Mandela, who also arrived from the same area as Tambo and also attended the University of Fort Hare, assisted in the formation of the Youth League of the African National Congress. Tambo was a Teacher for a short period, but chose to study law, seeing it as a powerful weapon in which to end state-supported segregation(South Africa History Online, 2023).
In 1952, he joined with Mandela to open the Johannesburg-based Mandela and Tambo, the first Black South African law firm. Believe it or not, Tambo also had considered a career in the priesthood (South Africa History Online, 2023).
Tambo became increasingly at the forefront of ANC political activity, further agitating against apartheid, the caste system enforced upon the native Black population by the white-controlled government. He and other party members were arrested in 1956 for treason, though later cleared. During this period, Tambo married Adelaide Tshukudu, a nurse and member of the ANC's Youth League, the couple would go on to have three children (South Africa History Online, 2023).
In 1952, he joined with Mandela to open the Johannesburg-based Mandela and Tambo, the first Black South African law firm. Believe it or not, Tambo also had considered a career in the priesthood (South Africa History Online, 2023).
Tambo became increasingly at the forefront of ANC political activity, further agitating against apartheid, the caste system enforced upon the native Black population by the white-controlled government. He and other party members were arrested in 1956 for treason, though later cleared. During this period, Tambo married Adelaide Tshukudu, a nurse and member of the ANC's Youth League, the couple would go on to have three children (South Africa History Online, 2023).
Figure 2: Collaboration with the University of Fort Hare’s Goven Mbeki Research and Development Centre ( Centre for the Study of the Afterlife of Violence and the Reparative Quest, 2022).
EDUCATION
He earned a scholarship to attend the University of Fort Hare, the only university open to Black citizens in the country, where he studied education and science. He received his bachelor's degree in 1941 (South Africa History Online, 2023).
In the year 1944, Tambo, along with the late Nelson Mandela, who also arrived from the same area as Tambo and also attended the University of Fort Hare, assisted in the formation of the Youth League of the African National Congress. Tambo was a Teacher for a short period, but chose to study law, seeing it as a powerful weapon in which to end state-supported segregation(South Africa History Online, 2023).
In 1952, he joined with Mandela to open the Johannesburg-based Mandela and Tambo, the first Black South African law firm. Believe it or not, Tambo also had considered a career in the priesthood (South Africa History Online, 2023).
Tambo became increasingly at the forefront of ANC political activity, further agitating against apartheid, the caste system enforced upon the native Black population by the white-controlled government. He and other party members were arrested in 1956 for treason, though later cleared. During this period, Tambo married Adelaide Tshukudu, a nurse and member of the ANC's Youth League, the couple would go on to have three children (South Africa History Online, 2023).
In 1952, he joined with Mandela to open the Johannesburg-based Mandela and Tambo, the first Black South African law firm. Believe it or not, Tambo also had considered a career in the priesthood (South Africa History Online, 2023).
Tambo became increasingly at the forefront of ANC political activity, further agitating against apartheid, the caste system enforced upon the native Black population by the white-controlled government. He and other party members were arrested in 1956 for treason, though later cleared. During this period, Tambo married Adelaide Tshukudu, a nurse and member of the ANC's Youth League, the couple would go on to have three children (South Africa History Online, 2023).
Figure 2: Collaboration with the University of Fort Hare’s Goven Mbeki Research and Development Centre ( Centre for the Study of the Afterlife of Violence and the Reparative Quest, 2022).
TAMBO APPOINTED ACTING ANC PRESIDENT
Figure 3 : Oliver Tambo ( South African History Online, 2023).
Dozens of citizens were killed or injured after the Sharpville demonstration massacre, the ANC started using violent, militant tactics to attempt to overthrow apartheid. The party was banned by the government and Mandela would be sentenced to life imprisonment. It was Chief Albert Luthuli Tambo who was appointed to lead the ANC in exile by the party's president. In the year 1967, Tambo became acting party president after Luthuli died ( Biography Editors, 2020).
Even though Tambo resided in Zambia and London, England, and in European countries including Holland, East Germany and the Soviet Union, he still managed from abroad Tambo to coordinate resistance and guerrilla movements. Despite internal organizational struggles, was able to keep the multiracial ANC intact. During the 1980s, with the unrest in South Africa reaching chaotic heights under the P.W. Botha regime, Tambo was increasingly able to find Western support for the plight of the people, including economic boycotts ( Biography Editors, 2020).
Even though Tambo resided in Zambia and London, England, and in European countries including Holland, East Germany and the Soviet Union, he still managed from abroad Tambo to coordinate resistance and guerrilla movements. Despite internal organizational struggles, was able to keep the multiracial ANC intact. During the 1980s, with the unrest in South Africa reaching chaotic heights under the P.W. Botha regime, Tambo was increasingly able to find Western support for the plight of the people, including economic boycotts ( Biography Editors, 2020).