Pixley ka Isaka Seme
Pixley ka Isaka Seme ( born October 1, 1881 in Inanda, † June 7, 1951 in Johannesburg, Isaka Seme born ) was a South African politician and lawyer. He was co-founder and president of the African National Congress ( ANC).
Life
Seme was born in Zulu Inanda mission station in the former colony of Natal. His mother was descended from a chief. At age 16, he took the name Pixley. At age 17, moved Seme at the instigation of the Head of Mission, Reverend SC Pixley, one of the first black South Africans in the United States. He attended Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts and then Columbia University in New York. In his senior year at the University, 1906, he received the George William Curtis medal for his oratorical skills. He decided to become a lawyer, and began studying at Oxford University in the UK, where he graduated with a Bachelor in Civil Law. He opened with his compatriot Alfred Mangena a law practice and advised as a member of the South African Native Convention, the British government about the future of the then British colonial territories on the territory of modern South Africa.
1910 or 1911 Seme returned back to South Africa. Because of the 1910 saw the foundation of the Union of South Africa, which was led by the white minority, he organized with other blacks, including Mangena, the establishment of the South African Native National Congress ( SANNC ) He held on 8 January 1912. Deliver the keynote speech and was first treasurer of the SANNC, which was renamed in 1923 in the ANC, and founded the newspaper Abantu Batho ( " people people " or " Bantu people "). As a lawyer, he represented, among others, the King of Swaziland, Sobhuza II, in London. Within the ANC, he represented a more traditional line, which saw a skeptical cooperating with the Communist Party of South Africa. In 1930 he succeeded thanks to this attitude to defeat the former President Josiah Gumede Tshangana in a crucial vote. He remained until 1936 president of the ANC, but was criticized for its low efficiency and eventually replaced by Zaccheus Richard Mahabane. However, he remained connected to the ANC and was used under Alfred Xuma Bitini as liaison to the chiefs. In 1943 he took the later first president of the ANC Youth League, Anton Muziwakhe Lembede, as a junior partner in his law firm on.
Seme Seme was with Harriet, a daughter of Zulukönigs Dinuzulu, married and had five children with her.