# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nokukhanya-bhengu
# Generated: 2026-08-31T16:03:07.775Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nokukhanya-bhengu"
name: "Nokukhanya Bhengu"
slug: "nokukhanya-bhengu"
description: "Nokukhanya Bhengu was a South African teacher, farmer, women’s leader and anti-apartheid activist. She launched a Groutville branch of the women's cooperative the Daughters of Africa (DOA), joined the African National Congress (ANC) and was a representative of the African National Congress Women's League (ANCWL). She was married to Albert Luthuli, who was president of the ANC between 1952 and 1967 and was called \"Mother of the Nation\" by Nelson Mandela."
tagline: "South African anti-apartheid activist (1904–1996)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8a/Nokukhanya_Bhengu_died_1996.jpeg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Activists"
  slug: "activists"
profileType:
  name: "Activist"
  slug: "activist"
birthDate: "1904-03-03"
deathDate: "1996-12-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.79
  momentum:             3.333333333333333
  historical:           4.40738
  currentAttention:     18.51851851851852
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokukhanya_Bhengu"
    title: "Nokukhanya Bhengu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokukhanya_Bhengu"
    title: "Nokukhanya Bhengu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokukhanya_Bhengu"
    title: "Nokukhanya Bhengu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%88%DA%A9%D9%88%DA%A9%DA%BE%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D8%A8%DA%BE%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF%D9%88"
    title: "نوکوکھانیا بھینگو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nokukhanya_Bhengu"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131863248"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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