Lembede, Anton Muziwakhe, 1914-1947

LC control no.	n 96021482
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Lembede, Anton Muziwakhe, 1914-1947 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	South Africa
Birth date	19140121
Death date	1947
Place of birth	Eston, Natal, South Africa
Place of death	South Africa
Affiliation	University of South Africa African National Congress African National Congress. Youth League
Profession or occupation	Lawyers Linguists Political activists
Found in	Freedom in our lifetime, 1996: t.p. (Anton Muziwakhe Lembede) Who did what in South Africa, 1988 (Lembede, Anton (1914-47); founder of African National Congress Youth League) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 27, 2014: (Lembede, Anton Muziwakhe; black nationalist, political figure, lawyer; born 21 January 1914 in Eston, Natal, South Africa; attended Adams College in Natal and qualified as a teacher in 1936; taught in Natal and the Orange Free State; enrolled in correspondence courses offered by the University of South Africa (UNISA), BA degree in philosophy and law (1940) and a bachelor of law degree in (1942); became a skilled linguist, besides his native Zulu learned at least six other languages, including Afrikaans, English, German, Latin, Sesotho, Xhosa; moved to Johannesburg to practice law at the law firm of Pixley ka Seme; was one of the cofounders of the African National Congress (ANC) (1944); earned a master's degree in philosophy from UNISA and became a partner in Seme's law firm in 1946; with future leaders such as Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, and Oliver Tambo launched the ANC Youth League in 1944 and was elected as the league's first president; died 1947 in South Africa)