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Also known as O.R., Oliver Reginald Kaizana Tambo, O. R. Tambo, O.R. Tambo, OR Tambo, Oliver Reginald Tambo

South African anti-apartheid activist and politician (1917–1993)

OverviewAI-generated

Oliver Tambo was a person who lived from 1917 to 1993. He is recognized as an author with several works attributed to him. His writings include "Attack, advance, give the enemy no quarter!", "Olof Palme memorial lecture on disarmament and development, Riverside Church, January 21, 1987", "Oliver Tambo and the struggle against apartheid", "75 years of struggle", and "Oliver Tambo, apartheid and the international community".

Records indicate that Tambo has five works listed in one database and eight in another. He is referenced by 449 other encyclopedia articles. Additionally, he is associated with a music profile that has recorded three listeners and four playcounts.

Synthesized by Vinony from 14 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1917
Died
1993
Works
8

Top works

  • Attack, advance, give the enemy no quarter!
  • Olof Palme memorial lecture on disarmament and development, Riverside Church, January 21, 1987
  • Oliver Tambo and the struggle against apartheid
  • 75 years of struggle
  • Oliver Tambo, apartheid and the international community

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
3
Total plays
4

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Key facts

Deputy
Nelson Mandela
Preceded by
Albert Luthuli
Succeeded by
Nelson Mandela
President
Albert Luthuli Himself (acting)
Born
Oliver Reginald Tambo , ( 1917-10-27 ) 27 October 1917, Nkantolo , South Africa
Died
24 April 1993 (1993-04-24) (aged 75), Johannesburg , South Africa
Resting place
Benoni , Gauteng
Party
African National Congress
Other political affiliations
Tripartite Alliance
Spouse
Adelaide Tshukudu ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. December 1956</span>"}]]}'>1956 ) ​
Children
4, including Thembi and Dali
Alma mater
University of Fort Hare
Occupation
Politician revolutionary teacher lawyer activist
Known for
Anti-apartheid activism
Awards
Order of Friendship of Peoples Isitwalandwe Medal (1992)
Nickname
OR Tambo

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Oliver
Gender
male
Citizenship
South Africa
Place of birth
Nkantolo
Place of death
Johannesburg
Occupation
lawyer
Languages spoken
English language
Image
Oliver Tambo (1981).jpg
Show 6 more facts
manner of death
natural causes
Commons category
Oliver Tambo
date of death
1993-04-24
date of birth
1917-10-27
cause of death
stroke
name in native language
Oliver Reginald Tambo
Sources (1)

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Encyclopedic overview

Oliver Reginald Kaizana Tambo (27 October 1917 – 24 April 1993) was a South African anti-apartheid politician, activist, and revolutionary who served as President of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1967 to 1991.

Biography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oliver Tambo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.