Archibald Boyce Monwabisi Mafeje, commonly known as Archie Mafeje, was a South African anthropologist and activist. Born in what is now the Eastern Cape, he received degrees from the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the University of Cambridge.
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Archie Mafeje and Hudson Matabese in the early 1950s during his years at Healdtown Comprehensive School
Archie Mafeje (right) with Welsh Makanda on Adderley Street in Cape Town in 1961
On 15 August 1968, UCT's students descending to the Bremner Building after surrounding Jameson Hall (today's Sarah Baartman Hall)
Archie Mafeje c. 1972![The leaders of the Mafeje affair sit-in in consultation. From left to right: Philip van der Merwe, Duncan Innes and Raphie Kaplinsky.[51]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Mafeje_affair.jpg/500px-Mafeje_affair.jpg)
The leaders of the Mafeje affair sit-in in consultation. From left to right: Philip van der Merwe, Duncan Innes and Raphie Kaplinsky.[51]
Ruth First c.1960
Mafeje and Achille Mbembe (pictured in 2015) disagreed about the concept of Afro-pessimismAwards 1
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Thomas Adeoye LamboAlso won Fellow of the African Academy of SciencesKawango AgotAlso won Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences
Pius Nwankwo OkekeAlso won Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences
Cyril Agodi OnwumechiliAlso won Fellow of the African Academy of SciencesAbout this person
Archibald Boyce Monwabisi Mafeje, commonly known as Archie Mafeje, was a South African anthropologist and activist. Born in what is now the Eastern Cape, he received degrees from the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the University of Cambridge. He became a professor at various universities in Europe, North America, and Africa. He spent most of his career away from apartheid South Africa after he was blocked from teaching at UCT in 1968.
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