Davidson Don Tengo Jabavu

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Davidson Don Tengo Jabavu with his father John Tengo around 1903

Davidson Don Tengo Jabavu (born October 20, 1885 in King William's Town , † August 3, 1959 in East London ) was a South African politician, linguist and first black professor at the South African Native College .

Life

Davidson Jabavu was the eldest son of John Tengo Jabavu . He attended Lovedale Mission School and went to the UK to study . At the University of London , he earned a Bachelor Accounts, subsequently at the University of Birmingham , the instructor . After his return to South Africa, he was one of the first lecturers at the later Fort Hare University , which opened as the South African Native College in 1916 and was founded by his father, among others. There he taught isiXhosa , Latin, history and anthropology. Jabavu stayed at the university until his retirement and founded the Black Teachers' Association , which had the goal of cooperation beyond racial segregation . He built on this belief and was a major initiator of the Fort Cox Agricultural School and one of the co-founders of the South African Institute of Race Relations . In 1935 he was elected President of the All African Convention (AAC). In this role he was a leader in the opposition to the Hertzog Laws . He remained president of the AAC until 1948.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Davidson Don Tengo Jabavu . In: Encyclopædia Britannica , online version, accessed on May 23, 2012 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Jabavu, Davidson Don Tengo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jabavu, DDT; Jabavu, Davidson DT
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African politician and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH October 20, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH King William's Town
DATE OF DEATH 3rd August 1959
Place of death East London