Alfred Bitini Xuma papers, 1918-1960 (inclusive), [microform].

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Alfred Bitini Xuma papers, 1918-1960 (inclusive), [microform].

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The papers consist of correspondence, diaries, an autobiography, and news clippings of Alfred Bitini Xuma, a physician, political activist and President-General of the African National Congress. The materials detail his activities regarding the anti-pass campaign in South Africa, the Native Mine Wages Commission, the Bantu Welfare Trust, the Jan Hofmyr School of Social Work, the Tahekedi Khama Affair, the Tomlinson Commission, the African National Congress, penal reform, and the more general topics of politics and social reform.

290 microfiches.

Yale University Library

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