Petro Kilekwa

Petro Kilekwa and some of his pupils, photo published 1949

Petro Kilekwa (also Chilekwa, late 1860s/early 1870s – 1967) was an African man who, after having been enslaved, became a teacher and later an Anglican priest. His autobiography, published in 1937, was titled Slave Boy to Priest: The Autobiography of Padre Petro Kilekwa.[1]

  1. ^ Klein, Martin A. (2014). Historical Dictionary of Slavery and Abolition (2 ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. p. 232. ISBN 9780810875289.