James Calata

Reverend James Arthur Calata (22 July 1895 – 16 June 1983) was a South African priest and politician. He was the Secretary-General of the African National Congress from 1936 to 1949. He was appointed a canon of the Grahamstown Cathedral making him the first Black canon in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa.[1][2]

Notes

  1. Goedhals 1995, pp. 36-.
  2. Logie 2006, p. 63.

References

  • Goedhals, M.M. (1995). "Calata, James Arthur". In Verwey, Elizabeth J. New Dictionary of South African Biography. HSRC Press. ISBN 978-0-7969-1648-8.
  • Goedhals, Mandy (Feb 2003). "African Nationalism and Indigenous Christianity: A Study in the Life of James Calata (1895-1983)". Journal of Religion in Africa 33 (1): 63–82. JSTOR 1581635.
  • Logie, Bartle; Ann Snaddon (2006). Water in the wilderness. Bluecliff Pub.
  • "Rev. James Arthur Calata". www.sahistory.org. Retrieved 21 July 2013.