Person    | Male  Born 27/10/1917  Died 24/4/1993

Oliver Tambo

Born Mbizana, in what is now Eastern Cape.
President of the African National Congress. Fled to the UK from South Africa in 1960 to run the ANC abroad. Returned to South Africa after the collapse of apartheid, but died there from a stroke.

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Oliver Tambo

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Nelson Mandela - bust

The original sculpture was offered to the Greater London Council in 1984 and ...

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Salt Office

Salt Office

British History Online explains "The salt tax, which was unknown in England until 1694, was enforced during the greater part of the eighteenth century. The tax was repealed in 1730, but was reimpos...

Group, Food & Drink, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Cecil Rhodes

Cecil Rhodes

Mining magnate and politician in southern Africa. Prime Minister of the Cape Colony 1890-96. As a businessman he founded the southern African territory of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe and Zambia), which ...

Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration, Race Issues

1 memorial
William Thornton
3 memorials
F. A. Harris

F. A. Harris

Church Warden of of St Alban, Wood Street in 1865.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Jan Christian Smuts

Jan Christian Smuts

South African Prime Minister (1919-1924 and 1939-1948).   Initially a vocal supportor of racial segregation, towards the end of his rule he was beginning to argue in favour of some integration.  In...

Person, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, South Africa

1 memorial