# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-mapikela
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:13:13.435Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-mapikela"
name: "Thomas Mapikela"
slug: "thomas-mapikela"
description: "Thomas Mtobi Mapikela (1869–1945) was one of the founding fathers of the South African Native National Congress which was formed 1912 and, in 1923, became the African National Congress. He was a carpenter by profession, but soon played a significant role in politics at the height of his career. He is renowned for his contribution towards the attainment of democracy in South Africa."
tagline: "South African politician (1869-1945)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/ANC1914.jpg/330px-ANC1914.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1869"
deathDate: "1945"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.2
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.60378
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  175
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Mapikela"
    title: "Thomas Mapikela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Mtobi_Mapikela"
    title: "Thomas Mtobi Mapikela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Mapikela"
    title: "Thomas Mapikela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ss.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Mtobi_Mapikela"
    title: "Thomas Mtobi Mapikela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://st.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Mtobi_Mapikela"
    title: "Thomas Mtobi Mapikela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1805873"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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