Archibald Jacob Gumede (1914–1998) was a South African anti-apartheid activist, lawyer and politician. Gumede was born in

Pietermaritzburg Pietermaritzburg (; Zulu: umGungundlovu) is the capital and second-largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was founded in 1838 and is currently governed by the Msunduzi Local Municipality. Its Zulu name umGungundlovu ...

Josiah Tshangana Gumede Josiah Tshangana Gumede (also J.T. Gumede) (9 October 1867 – 6 November 1946) was a South African politician and father of Archie Gumede. He was born in Healdtown village, Fort Beaufort in the present-day Eastern Cape. A Xhosa, his ancestry can ...

, an early

African National Congress The African National Congress (ANC) is a Social democracy, social-democratic political party in Republic of South Africa, South Africa. A liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid, it has governed the country since 1994, when ...

leader. Archie Gumede led the Natal delegates at the 1955 Congress of the People in Kliptown during which the

Freedom Charter The Freedom Charter was the statement of core principles of the South African Congress Alliance, which consisted of the African National Congress (ANC) and its allies: the South African Indian Congress, the South African Congress of Democrats ...

was written. He was later an attorney and practiced in Pietermaritzburg. He was a leader in the United Democratic Front, a broad based coalition of groups seeking to end apartheid. Following the end of apartheid in 1994, Gumede became a member of the

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before dying in office in 1998.DEDICATION TO BABA ARCHIE GUMEDE
Shadows of Justice

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1914 births 1998 deaths People from Pietermaritzburg Zulu people African National Congress politicians Members of the National Assembly of South Africa Anti-apartheid activists 20th-century South African lawyers Members of the Order of Luthuli {{KwaZuluNatal-politician-stub