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Alfred Bitini Xuma (March 8 1893 - 1962){{cite web |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/94129|title=Xuma, Alfred Bitini (1893–1962) |accessdate=2007-11-10 |last= Limb|first= Peter|year=2006 |date=May 2006|work= Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |publisher= Oxford University Press}} was a South African leader and activist and president-general of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1940 to 1949{{cite news |title=Dr. A. B. Xuma: Rise of African Nationalism |url= |work=The Times |date= 1962-01-30}}.

He was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans.*{{cite book | last=Wesley |first=Charles H. |authorlink=Charles H. Wesley| title=The History of Alpha Phi Alpha, A Development in College Life | pages=pp.148, 239 | origyear=1928 | year=1981 |edition=14th |publisher=Foundation Publishers | location=Chicago, Illinois | id=ASIN: B000ESQ14W}}

Biography

Alfred Bitini Xuma was born on March 8, 1893 in the Transkei region of South Africa, the son of Abraham Mangali Xuma and Elizabeth Cupase Xuma, both of whom were farmers who had not received any formal schooling.

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