# Jafta Masemola

> Jafta Kgalabi Masemola OLS, also known as The Tiger of Azania and Bra Jeff, was a South African anti-apartheid activist, teacher, and founder of the armed wing of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). He is the only person to spend 27 years in South African prison [Robben Island] during the apartheid era in South Africa, and was released in October 1989, shortly before the legalization of the PAC and the African National Congress 9anC) by F. W. de Klerk.
Masemola served the longest sentence of any political prisoner in Robben Island prison in South Africa.

*South African politician*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Country:** South Africa
- **Born:** 1928
- **Died:** 1990-04-17
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 44.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 14.6 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 6.4 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 45.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Country rank:** #229

## Sources
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5475192)

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