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MS 345283
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| Order number: |
MS 345283
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| Summary: |
Three obituaries from the 'Daily News', the 'Mercury' and an unidentified publication, 29 Sep 1975; 2 press releases regarding the death of Allison Wessels George Champion, 1 Oct 1975; Memorial Service programme, 4 Oct 1975.
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| Main author: |
Unknown
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| Extent: |
1 folder
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| Admin history: |
Allison Wessels George Champion ('Mahlath' amnyama'), ['Black South African'], was born in 1893 in Sans Souci School, Natal. He was known as a campaigner for racial equality, devoting his life to the betterment of Zulu people. Positions held during his career included Natal Provincial Secretary of the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union; founder member and Provincial President of the African National Congress; Chairman of the then Durban Combined Bantu Advisory Board, and central committee member of Inkatha Kwazulu. He also wrote a regular column for Ilanga (newspaper) entitled 'Okubanwa ngumahlathi' ('As seen by Mahlathi'). Champion died at his home in Chesterville in 1975. He was about to be returned without opposition to a position he had held as a member of the Ningizimu Urban Bantu Council.
See further biographical information in 'New Dictionary of South Africa Biography' edited by Elizabeth J. Verwey (Vol 1, HSRC Publishers, Pretoria, 1995) |
Allison Wessels George Champion ('Mahlath' amnyama'), ['Black South African'], was born in 1893 in Sans Souci School, Natal. He was known as a campaigner for racial equality, devoting his life to the betterment of Zulu people. Positions held during his career included Natal Provincial Secretary of the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union; founder member and Provincial President of the African National Congress; Chairman of the then Durban Combined Bantu Advisory Board, and central committee member of Inkatha Kw ... View more |
| Acquisition: |
Donated as part of the Southern African Materials project 1973-1976, organised by the Centre for International and Area Studies.
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| Access status: |
Open
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| User restrictions: |
For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance |
| Language: |
English
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| Format: |
Archive
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| Access Points - Person, Corporate & Family Names: |
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GB/SOASNAF/P274
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Champion; Allison Wessels George (1893-1975); founder member of the African National Congress |
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GB/NNAF/C179454
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African National Congress |
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GB/SOASNAF/C524
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University of London; Centre for International and Area Studies; The Southern African Materials Project |
Corporate |
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