OLIVER TAMBO

WHO IS OLIVER TAMBO?

• Born Oct. 27 1917
• Signed agreement to strengthen struggle against apartheid
• Founding member of ANC youth league
• Was a president of ANC
• Died April 23 1993

WHY IS HE IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND?

• He was a resistance leader in South Africa
• He helped pass laws to slow apartheid
• Involved in the South African democratic front
• He was a president of the ANC
• After presidency he went back to South Africa after 30 year exile

WHAT WAS HIS IMPACT ON HISTORY?

• Voted 31st most important South African (2004)
• Founder of ANC youth league
• Involved in one of the most important anti-apartheid organizations
• Aided in getting support after sharpeville massacre
• Endorsed freedom charter