# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-rubusana
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:36:08.714Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-rubusana"
name: "Walter Rubusana"
slug: "walter-rubusana"
description: "Mpilo Walter Benson Rubusana was the co-founder of the Xhosa language newspaper publication, Izwi Labantu, funded by Cecil John Rhodes, and the first Black person to be elected to the Cape Council (Parliament) in 1909. He also initiated the Native Education Association that contributed towards the formation of the South African Native National Congress (SANNC) in 1912 and later renamed the African National Congress in 1923."
tagline: "South African parson (1858-1936)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walter_Rubusana_-_Cape_Politician_-_Provisional_Council.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1858-02-21"
deathDate: "1936-04-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.21
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.678294666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://xh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Benson_Rubusana"
    title: "Walter Benson Rubusana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://st.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Rubusana"
    title: "Walter Rubusana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Rubusana"
    title: "Walter Rubusana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7"
    title: "والتر روبوسانا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Benson_Rubusana"
    title: "Walter Benson Rubusana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Rubusana"
    title: "Walter Rubusana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Rubusana"
    title: "Walter Rubusana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Рубусана, Уолтер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0"
    title: "Волтер Рубусана"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q561516"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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