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Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli
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South African politician (1898–1967)
Albert Luthuli was a South African politician and anti-apartheid activist who led the African National Congress (ANC) during the 1950s and early 1960s as the country fought against racial segregation laws. He matters because he was a major figure in the struggle against apartheid and remains an important symbol of nonviolent resistance in South African history.
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Peace Prize1960
“for his non-violent struggle against apartheid”
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- South Africa
- Place of birth
- Bulawayo
- Place of death
- KwaDukuza
- Employer
- University of Glasgow
- Political party
- African National Congress
- Languages spoken
- Zulu
- Field of work
- teacher
- Image
- Albert Lutuli nobel.jpg
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- birth name
- Albert John Mvumbi Lutula
- different from
- Albert Luthuli Local Municipality
- Commons category
- Albert Lutuli
- date of death
- 1967-07-21
- date of birth
- 1898-01-01
- manner of death
- accidental death
- nominated for
- Nobel Peace Prize
- cause of death
- railway accident
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Encyclopedic overview
Albert John Luthuli (c. 1898 – 21 July 1967) was a South African anti-apartheid activist, traditional leader, and politician who served as the President-General of the African National Congress from 1952 until his murder in 1967.
Luthuli was born to a Zulu family in 1898 at a Seventh-day Adventist mission in Bulawayo, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). In 1908 he moved to Groutville, where his parents and grandparents had lived, to attend school under the care of his uncle. After graduating from high school with a teaching degree, Luthuli became principal of a small school in Natal where he was the sole teacher. He accepted a government bursary to study for the Higher Teacher's Diploma at Adams College. After the completion of his studies in 1922, he accepted a teaching position at Adams College where he was one of the first African teachers. In 1928, he became the secretary of the Natal Native Teachers' Association, then its president in 1933.
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