Oliver Tambo
Sign in to saveAlso 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
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3
- Total plays
- 4
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The SILVA ribosomal RNA gene database project: improved data processing and web-based tools
· 2012 · cited 29,203x
- An improved technique for determining hardness and elastic modulus using load and displacement sensing indentation experiments
· 1992 · cited 24,730x
- Strategic Responses to Institutional Processes
· 1991 · cited 22,481x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,787x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,971x
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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
- Spouse
- Adelaide Tambo
- Occupation
- lawyer
- Political party
- African National Congress
- 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)
via Wikidata · CC0
~15 min read
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
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