Davidson Don Tengo Jabavu

South African activist (1885-1959)

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Lived 1885–1959, aged 74South Africa
South AfricaSouth AfricaWritersWriter / Author
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    1885–1959
    Aged 74
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Updated 2026-06-22

Davidson Don Tengo Jabavu was a Xhosa educationist and politician, and a founder of the All African Convention (AAC), which sought to unite all non-European opposition to the segregationist measure of the South African government. He was the eldest son of political activist and pioneering newspaper editor John Tengo Jabavu, and the father of Noni Jabavu, one of the first African female writers and journalists.

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