SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Albertina Sisulu

1918 - 2011

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Albertina Sisulu OMSG (née Nontsikelelo Thethiwe; 21 October 1918 – 2 June 2011) was a South African anti-apartheid activist. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), she was the founding co-president of the United Democratic Front. In South Africa, where she was affectionately known as Ma Sisulu, she is often called a mother of the nation. Born in rural Transkei, Sisulu moved to Johannesburg in 1940 and was a nurse by profession. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Albertina Sisulu is the 623rd most popular social activist (down from 616th in 2019), the 190th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 185th in 2019) and the 10th most popular South African Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Albertina Sisulu ranks 623 out of 840. Before her are Marguerite Higgins, Oinikhol Bobonazarova, Yolanda King, James Meredith, Razan Zaitouneh, and Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt. After her are Lepa Mladjenovic, Aaron Swartz, Octavia Hill, James Larkin, Norma McCorvey, and Angelina Grimké.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Albertina Sisulu ranks 300. Before her are Mrinalini Sarabhai, Pearl Bailey, Dusty Anderson, Elaine de Kooning, Balasaraswati, and Dick Esser. After her are James Daly, Virginia Davis, Guillermo Lovell, Jafar Salmasi, Allan Arbus, and Penaia Ganilau. Among people deceased in 2011, Albertina Sisulu ranks 428. Before her are Günther Bechem, John M. Lounge, David Bedford, Sylvia Robinson, Mika Myllylä, and Gennady Logofet. After her are Jerry Lawson, Kurt Lundquist, Zbigniew Jaremski, Shrilal Shukla, Pavol Demitra, and Mike Starr.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Albertina Sisulu ranks 190 out of 454. Before her are Clarence Oldfield (1899), Eddie Kramer (1942), Grace Mugabe (1965), Baleka Mbete (1949), Enoch Sontonga (1873), and Eddie Keizan (1944). After her are Paddy Driver (1934), Robert Fowler (1931), Cariba Heine (1988), Neill Blomkamp (1979), Desiré Wilson (1953), and Basil van Rooyen (1939).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In South Africa

Among social activists born in South Africa, Albertina Sisulu ranks 10. Before her are Evelyn Mase (1922), Ted Grant (1913), Bram Fischer (1908), Devdas Gandhi (1900), Ramdas Gandhi (1897), and Denis Goldberg (1933). After her are Beyers Naudé (1915), Lillian Ngoyi (1911), Hector Pieterson (1963), Kumi Naidoo (1965), Ayanda Denge (1982), and Ayakha Melithafa (2002).

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