Oliver Tambo

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anti-apartheid activist human lawyer politician revolutionary

Oliver Tambo was a prominent South African anti-apartheid activist and long-serving president of the African National Congress who played a key role in building its international support and guiding the liberation struggle in exile.

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Label Occurrences
Oliver Tambo canonical 20
Oliver Reginald Tambo 8

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-apartheid activist ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
revolutionary ⓘ
awardReceived Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo ⓘ
burialPlace Benoni ⓘ
Tamboville Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
child Dali Tambo ⓘ
citizenship South Africa ⓘ
coFounded ANC Youth League ⓘ
countryExiledIn Tanzania ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
Zambia ⓘ
countryOfBirth South Africa ⓘ
countryOfDeath South Africa ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1917-10-27 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1993-04-24 ⓘ
educatedAt St Peter's College Rosettenville ⓘ
University of Fort Hare ⓘ
ethnicGroup Xhosa ⓘ
familyName Tambo ⓘ
fieldOfStudy law ⓘ
science ⓘ
fullName Oliver Tambo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Oliver Reginald Tambo
givenName Oliver ⓘ
Reginald ⓘ
honorificEponym O. R. Tambo International Airport ⓘ
O.R. Tambo District Municipality ⓘ
surface form: OR Tambo District Municipality

OR Tambo House ⓘ
ideology African socialism ⓘ
surface form: African nationalism

democratic socialism ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Xhosa ⓘ
memberOf ANC Youth League ⓘ
African National Congress ⓘ
movement anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
notableFor building international support against apartheid ⓘ
leading the ANC in exile ⓘ
occupation activist ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
officeEnd 1991 ⓘ
officeStart 1967 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kantolo ⓘ
near Bizana ⓘ
placeOfDeath Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Johannesburg
positionHeld Deputy President of the African National Congress ⓘ
President of the African National Congress ⓘ
Secretary-General of the African National Congress ⓘ
religion Anglicanism (broadly) ⓘ
surface form: Anglicanism
spouse Adelaide Tambo ⓘ
workedOn anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
workedWith Albert Luthuli ⓘ
Joe Slovo ⓘ
Nelson Mandela ⓘ
Walter Sisulu ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

African National Congress → ledBy → Oliver Tambo ⓘ
African National Congress → notableLeader → Oliver Tambo ⓘ
Defiance Campaign → hasParticipant → Oliver Tambo ⓘ
Long Walk to Freedom → notableCharacter → Oliver Tambo ⓘ
Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo → namedAfter → Oliver Tambo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oliver Reginald Tambo
Umkhonto we Sizwe → notableCommander → Oliver Tambo ⓘ
University of Fort Hare → notableAlumnus → Oliver Tambo ⓘ
O. R. Tambo International Airport → namedAfter → Oliver Tambo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oliver Reginald Tambo
Xhosa people → hasNotablePerson → Oliver Tambo ⓘ
Walter Sisulu → closeCollaborator → Oliver Tambo ⓘ
Bizana, Eastern Cape, South Africa → isBirthplaceOf → Oliver Tambo ⓘ
subject surface form: Bizana
anti-apartheid movement → supportedLeader → Oliver Tambo ⓘ
Moses Kotane → closeAllyOf → Oliver Tambo ⓘ
ANC → notableLeader → Oliver Tambo ⓘ
subject surface form: African National Congress
Defiance Campaign of 1952 → hasKeyFigure → Oliver Tambo ⓘ
Oliver Tambo → fullName → Oliver Tambo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oliver Reginald Tambo
African National Congress Youth League → foundedBy → Oliver Tambo ⓘ
African National Congress Youth League → influentialMember → Oliver Tambo ⓘ
A.B. Xuma → collaboratedWith → Oliver Tambo ⓘ
Gold (Supreme Companion) → orderNamedAfter → Oliver Tambo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oliver Reginald Tambo
Silver (Grand Companion) → namedAfter → Oliver Tambo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oliver Reginald Tambo
MK → notableLeader → Oliver Tambo ⓘ
subject surface form: Umkhonto we Sizwe
O.R. Tambo District Municipality → namedAfter → Oliver Tambo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oliver Reginald Tambo
Spear of the Nation → notableCommander → Oliver Tambo ⓘ
JNB → namedAfter → Oliver Tambo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oliver Reginald Tambo
FAOR → namedAfter → Oliver Tambo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oliver Reginald Tambo
President of the African National Congress → notableOfficeHolder → Oliver Tambo ⓘ
African National Congress headquarters in exile → politicalLeader → Oliver Tambo ⓘ