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Josie Mpama

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Josie Mpama
Born1903 March 21
Potchefstroom, Transvaal Colony
Died1979 December 3
Political partySouth African Communist Party


Josephine Winifred Mpama (1903 March 21 – 1979 December 3) was a South African communist and anti-apartheid activist.

Early life[edit | edit source]

Mpama was born in 1903 to a Zulu father and a mixed-race mother. She participated in protests for better residential conditions and rights during the 1920s and 1930s.[1]

Political career[edit | edit source]

Mpama became one of the first African women to join the CPSA in 1928. She joined the Comintern's International Red Aid in 1931 and traveled to the Soviet Union a few years later. After returning to South Africa in 1936, she served as a Politburo member until 1946. In 1954, she founded the Federation of South African Women.[1]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Josie Mpama (2023-03-31). "Josie Mpama" Tricontinental. Archived from the original on 2023-04-12. Retrieved 2023-04-16.