Yusuf Dadoo | |
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Born | Krugersdorp, West Rand, South Africa | 5 September 1909
Died | 19 September 1983 | (aged 74)
Resting place | Highgate cemetery, London, England |
Alma mater | Aligarh Muslim University Edinburgh University |
Known for | Anti-apartheid movement |
Political party | South African Indian Congress South African Communist Party |
Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo OMSG (5 September 1909 – 19 September 1983) was a South African Communist and an anti-apartheid activist. During his life, he was chair of both the South African Indian Congress and the South African Communist Party, as well as being a major proponent of co-operation between those organisations and the African National Congress. He was a leader of the Defiance Campaign and a defendant at the Treason Trial in 1956. His last days were spent in exile in London, where he is buried at Highgate Cemetery; a few metres away from the Tomb of Karl Marx.