Tambo, Adelaide, 1929-2007

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Adelaide Tambo (b. July 18 1929, Vereeniging, South Africa-d. January 31, 2007, Johannesburg, South Africa) was a prominent anti-apartheid activist, political exile, and regarded as a hero of the liberation struggle against apartheid in South Africa. She was involved in South African politics for five decades and was married to the late Oliver Tambo, president of the African National Congress (ANC), from 1956 until his death from a stroke in 1993.
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referencedIn Oliver Tambo papers University of Connecticut. Libraries
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Johannesburg 06 ZA
Vereeniging SA
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Anti-apartheid activists
Anti-apartheid movement
Apartheid
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Birth 1929-07-18

Death 2007-01-31

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