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Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki , 1942-, South African political leader. Mbeki was born into a politically active family; his father, Govan Mbeki, an official with the African National Congress (ANC), was imprisoned (1964) at Robben Island along with Nelson Mandela , released (1987), and became (1994) deput... Read more
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Johannesburg
Johannesburg , city (1991 pop. 1,574,631), Gauteng, NE South Africa, on the southern slopes of the Witwatersrand at an altitude of 5,750 ft (1,753 m). Johannesburg is the largest city in South Africa, the center of its important gold-mining industry, its manufacturing and commercial center, and th... Read more
Peru
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Bethphage
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olive oil
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Isaac Oliver
Isaac Oliver , 1556?-1617, English miniature painter. Oliver was a worthy follower of Hilliard as miniature painter to Elizabeth's court. His work, more naturalistic than Hilliard's, is to be seen in the British and the Victoria and Albert museums, London, and in the Cleveland Museum. His son and pu... Read more
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Gethsemane
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Encyclopedia entries related to " Oliver Tambo"

Oliver Reginald Tambo
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Oliver Reginald Tambo Oliver Reginald Tambo (1917-1993) was, as acting president of the African National Congress (ANC), a principal spokesman for the Black African opposition to apartheid in South Africa. He remained active in the ANC...
Tambo, Oliver
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Tambo, Oliver (1917–93) South African politician...He joined the ANC in 1944. In 1960, Tambo left South Africa to organize the external...During Nelson Mandela's long imprisonment, Tambo served first as acting president (1967...
Tutu, Desmond
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...life in 1964, many black Africans decided to abandon the policy of nonviolent resistance. Most ANC members, led by Oliver Tambo, left South Africa and launched a campaign of sabotage (destruction) from exile. The government increased its violence...
African National Congress
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...of Mandela ’ s close professional associate and friend, fellow ex – Youth Leaguer and attorney Oliver Tambo, the ANC would base itself in Dar es Salaam and Lusaka. Only in the mid-1970s could it begin rebuilding its clandestine...
Mbeki, Thabo
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...ANC. He returned to South Africa after President F. W. de Klerk lifted the ban on the ANC in 1990. He succeeded Oliver Tambo as chair of the ANC in 1993, and the following year became deputy president to Nelson Mandela . In 1997, Mbeki succeeded...
Walter Max Ulyate Sisulu
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...him to the foremost rank of African nationalist leadership in the 1940s and 1950s in company with Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo. Sisulu began his working life in 1929 when he migrated to Johannesburg, like so many Africans before and since...
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...for life in 1964, many Blacks decided to abandon the policy of non-violent resistance. Most ANC members, led by Oliver Tambo, left South Africa and launched a campaign of sabotage from exile. The white government increased its violence in...
Winnie Mandela
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...worked as a staff nurse. It was through her friendship with Adelaide Tsukudu that she met Adelaide's fiancéOliver Tambo, and they introduced her to a prominent lawyer and member of the African National Congress (ANC) Youth League, Nelson...
Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...During the 1970s he traveled throughout Africa for the ANC and became (1978) political secretary to its president, Oliver Tambo. In the 1980s, Mbeki was the ANC's director of information, becoming its director of international affairs in 1989...
Apartheid
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...apartheid in the 1950s centered around the African National Congress (ANC), led by Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, and Oliver Tambo. The ANC organized nonviolent campaigns of defiance and boycott in alliance with the South African Indian Congress...

Dictionary entries related to " Oliver Tambo"

Tambo, Oliver Reginald
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Tambo, Oliver Reginald (1917–93). Christian leader, known as OR, who led the struggle for a free and democratic S. Africa...
ANC
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...moderation, a new generation including Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo formed the ANC Youth League in 1944, which aimed to secure...Soweto riots. More importantly, under its president, Tambo, the ANC gradually built up an international anti-apartheid...
Mbeki, Thabo Mvuyelwa
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...Union before going to work at the ANC headquarters in Lusaka (Zambia). Becoming a close adviser to ANC President Oliver Tambo , he was ANC spokesperson on foreign affairs, while simultaneously developing contacts with leading figures in White...
Black Consciousness
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...Robert Sobukwe, broke off and formed the Pan-African Congress. The rest, led by Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, and Oliver Tambo, gradually took control of the ANC and pushed it to more active resistance in the face of the tightening of Apartheid...

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Oliver Tambo deserves recognition.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (South Africa); 9/6/2006; 700+ words ; ...international airport named after Oliver Reginald Tambo. In his book Long Walk to Freedom...groups of gold, silver and lead. Oliver Tambo was pure gold, there was gold...name Johannesburg Airport after Oliver Tambo are not consistent with our history...
Oliver Tambo, Former ANC President Dies From A Stroke
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 4/24/1993; 617 words ; ...leaders. Seventy-five year old Oliver Tambo, a former president of the African...s white minority government. OLIVER TAMBO: [tape] The state of emergency...miss the political wisdom of both Oliver Tambo and Chris Hani. And as NPR's...
Not Listening to Oliver Tambo
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/19/1987; ; 700+ words ; ...auditorium listening to a speech by Oliver Tambo, the president of the banned South...questioned what kind of government Tambo would establish in a post-apartheid...dictatorship with freedom for none?" Tambo, she wrote, "does not call for...
A man for all seasons; Oliver Tambo's legacy is more important now than ever as the ANCfaces a succession battle. Two writers reflect on his influence today.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Saturday Star (South Africa); 10/27/2007; 700+ words ; BYLINE: Janet Smith Oliver Tambo was a teacher and a lawyer by profession...liberation movement. Many would say Tambo was ultimately the just and tender...advice and to affirm the collective. Tambo's legacy has been examined more and...
Tambo on tour. (Oliver Tambo) (editorial)
Magazine article from: The Nation; 2/14/1987; 700+ words ; Tambo on Tour It was only correct to introduce Oliver Tambo asPresident, but somehow that small courtesy sent a charge...the African National Congress spoke there on January 21. Tambo is not a chief of state, and his organization deliverately...
Oliver Tambo, Leader Of ANC in Exile, Dies
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 4/25/1993; 700+ words ; Oliver Tambo, 75, a shrewd tactician who led South...further symbol of reconciliation. Mr. Tambo urged ANC leaders to review their stand...released from prison, took over the post. Oliver Reginald Tambo was born to a farming family in what...
London celebrates Oliver Tambo.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Saturday Star (South Africa); 10/13/2007; 700+ words ; ...Road that former ANC president Oliver Tambo and his family made their home...the Tambo family lived and where Oliver Tambo is buried. The centrepiece of...to South Africa, Adelaide and Oliver Tambo were awarded the freedom of Haringey...
VOA NEWS: MEMORIAL TO LATE APARTHEID FIGHTER OLIVER TAMBO UNVEILED IN LONDON
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 10/17/2007; 700+ words ; ...African fighter against apartheid, Oliver Tambo, has been unveiled in London...the African National Congress, Oliver Tambo, was honored in a ceremony in...not only in South Africa. "When Oliver Tambo was standing up for the rights...
Salutory lessons from Oliver Tambo
Magazine article from: New African; 12/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...at a Solidarity Conference say Oliver Tambo was "the president of presidents...with myself thereafter. Adelaide Tambo Oliver's wife and lifebng companion...interview with Lindiwe Mabuza. Papa [Oliver Tambo] gave each and every inch of his...
THABO MBEKI PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA THABO MBEKI DELIVER OLIVER TAMBO LECTURE, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
Transcript from: Washington Transcript Service; 5/23/2000; 700+ words ; ...AFRICAN PRESIDENT MBEKI DELIVERS OLIVER TAMBO LECTURE AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY...of the world, and especially in Oliver Tambo's own African continent, every...s and my sister's keeper? Oliver Tambo was a wonderful human being. I...