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Oliver Reginald Kaizana Tambo (27 October 1917 – 24 April 1993) was a South African anti-apartheid politician and activist who served as President of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1967 to 1991.
Oliver Tambo was the president of the South African black-nationalist African National Congress (ANC) between 1967 and 1991. He spent more than 30 years in exile (1960–90). Tambo was born in a Transkei village of subsistence farmers.
Apr 2, 2014 · Oliver Tambo was the acting president of the African National Congress, the South African anti-apartheid political party. Tambo served primarily in exile.
Apr 24, 1993 · Oliver Tambo. Teacher, lawyer, President and National Chairperson of the ANC. Early years. Oliver Reginald Kaizana Tambo (more popularly known as Oliver Tambo or OR) was born in the village of Kantilla, Bizana, in the Mpondoland (eQawukeni), region of the Eastern Cape, on 27 October 1917.
Oliver Tambo is a founder member and secretary of the ANC Youth League in 1944; the general secretary of the ANC from 1952; the mandated leader of the ANC's Mission in Exile 1960; the President of the ANC from 1977 until 1990; then National Chairperson until his death, in 1993.
Feb 18, 2022 · Anti-Apartheid activist Oliver Reginald Tambo was born on October 27, 1917, in Bizana, a Transkei village in Eastern Cape, South Africa. Like most in his family and community, Tambo began herding cattle at age three.
Apr 25, 1993 · Oliver R. Tambo, who led the African National Congress through its decades of banishment and its guerrilla war against the South African Government, died of a stroke here early this morning. He...
Tambo directed the South African struggle from Lusaka and was responsible for making the struggle against apartheid not merely a South African issue, but raised it to an international moral crusade against racism.
Oct 28, 2017 · Oliver Tambo’s name and reputation are lauded, not least because he succeeded, remarkably, in keeping the African National Congress (ANC) together as a liberation movement during an exile lasting 30 years.
Apr 24, 1993 · Oliver R. Tambo, leader of the African National Congress for decades when it was banned and he was in exile, died early today from a stroke, the congress said in Johannesburg. He was 75 years...
