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33: 216:. They recommended that he represent one of the constituencies of the Cape where Xhosa voters formed a significant percentage of the electorate, such as Victoria East. However Jabavu declined, citing the possibility that such a move would unite and aggravate reactionary elements in the Cape Parliament and would therefore be counterproductive. Nonetheless, he later lent his powerful support to the more liberal leaders of the Cape's 267:. While it aspired to unity, Jabavu's movement was still perceived as Xhosa-only party, dominated by Xhosas like Jabavu himself. By contrast, Rubusana's movement was perceived as inter-tribal, with Xhosas and other Africans. Rivalry was exacerbated by national tensions, but largely came to an end as some degree of unity was achieved under the larger 176:. In 1875 he graduated from the Methodist mission school at Healdtown and became a teacher at Somerset East. While teaching, he began to write articles for some South African newspapers and he apprenticed himself to a printer. In 1881, Jabavu was invited by Reverend 274:
John Tengo Jabavu died on 10 September 1921. In 2006 the South African government awarded him the Order of Luthuli. The award recognized his work in journalism and his support of democracy.
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Peires, J. Jabavu, John Tengo (1859–1921), journalist and politician in South Africa. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 16 Aug. 2021, from
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Khwezi Mkhize (4 May 2018). "'To See Us As We See Ourselves': John Tengo Jabavu and the Politics of the Black Periodical".
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By the early 1880s Jabavu had become an important political force. His writings tended to focus on the threat of growing
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and his demands for equal rights for Cape Colony's Xhosa population. Tengo Jabavu was also known as a proponent of
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political figures approached Tengo Jabavu in 1883 with a request for him to stand for election to the
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of the Lovedale Mission School to become the editor of the institution's Xhosa-language journal,
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Walshe, A. P. (2008). "The Origins of African Political Consciousness in South Africa".
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The life of John Tengo Jabavu : editor of Imvo Zabantsundu, 1884-1921
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Promise and Despair: The First Struggle for a Non-racial South Africa
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John Tengo Jabavu was born on 11 January 1859 near Healdtown in the
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Elda Sakuba, m. 1885–1900 (her death); Gertrude Joninga, m. 1901-
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In recognition of his political influence, a group of prominent
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John Tengo Jabavu (left) and his son Davidson Don Tengo, around 1903
Davidson Don Tengo Jabavu
Healdtown
Eastern Cape
Fort Hare
Political activist
editor
Xhosa language
Davidson Don Tengo Jabavu
Alexander Macaulay Jabavu
Noni Jabavu
South Africa
Xhosa
Cape Colony
James Stewart
Isigidimi samaXhosa
Afrikaner
nationalism
women's rights
Cape Colony
Cape Parliament
South African Party
Rhodes
"Progressives"
Imvo Zabantsundu
Davidson Don Tengo Jabavu
Imvo Zabantsundu
Fort Hare
Imbumba
South African Native National Congress

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