# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/anton-muziwakhe-lembede
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:40:47.870Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/anton-muziwakhe-lembede"
name: "Anton Muziwakhe Lembede"
slug: "anton-muziwakhe-lembede"
description: "Anton Muziwakhe Lembede OLG was a South African activist and founding president of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL). He has been described as \"the principal architect of South Africa's first full-fledged ideology of African nationalism.\" Lembede had a strong influence on Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu and Oliver Tambo. Lembede was regarded as the progenitor of the \"Programme of Action\" that was adopted as a guiding document by the 1949 meeting of the African National Congress. He died in 1947, aged 33."
tagline: "South African politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pipe_Anton_Lembede.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1914-03-21"
deathDate: "1947-07-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.66
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.486034666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Lembede"
    title: "Anton Lembede"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AE_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF"
    title: "انتون موزيواخ ليمبيد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Muziwakhe_Lembede"
    title: "Anton Muziwakhe Lembede"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Lembede"
    title: "Anton Lembede"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Lembede"
    title: "Anton Lembede"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Lembede"
    title: "Anton Lembede"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q592004"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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