# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alfred-bitini-xuma
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:14:40.516Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alfred-bitini-xuma"
name: "Alfred Bitini Xuma"
slug: "alfred-bitini-xuma"
description: "Alfred Bitini Xuma, OLG, commonly referred to by his initials as AB Xuma, was the first black South African to become a medical doctor, as well as a leader, activist and president-general of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1940 to 1949. He was a member of the African American founded Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity."
tagline: "President of the African National Congress (1893-1962)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alfred_Bitini_Xuma.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1893-03-08"
deathDate: "1962-01-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.89
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.816632
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  216
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ts.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Bitini_Xuma"
    title: "Alfred Bitini Xuma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Bitini_Xuma"
    title: "Alfred Bitini Xuma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%89_%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7"
    title: "الفريد بيتينى زوما"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Bitini_Xuma"
    title: "Alfred Bitini Xuma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Bitini_Xuma"
    title: "Alfred Bitini Xuma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Bitini_Xuma"
    title: "Alfred Bitini Xuma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Xuma"
    title: "Alfred Xuma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Xuma"
    title: "Alfred Xuma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Bitini_Xuma"
    title: "Alfred Bitini Xuma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Bitini_Xuma"
    title: "Alfred Bitini Xuma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ss.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Bitini_Xuma"
    title: "Alfred Bitini Xuma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q533526"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump