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Griffiths Mxenge
South African activist (1935–1981)
Griffiths Mlungisi Mxenge (27 February 1935 – 19 November 1981) was born in KwaRayi, a rural settlement outside of King Williams Town, Eastern Cape.
He was a civil rights lawyer, a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and a South African anti-apartheid activist.
Early life
Griffiths Mlungisi Mxenge was the eldest son of Johnson Pinti and Hannah Nowise Mxenge.
Griffiths Mxenge was a South African anti-apartheid activist.
His parents were farmers in KwaRayi. He began his high schooling at Forbes Grant Secondary school in Ginsberg but matriculated from Newell High school in Port Elizabeth in 1956.[1]
In 1959, he received a bachelor's degree from Fort Hare University majoring in Roman Dutch Law and English.
He joined the African National Congress Youth League while he was studying. The Defiance Campaign and the Congress of the People in Kliptown contributed to his political consciousness [1]
He enrolled for an LLB degree at the University of Natal but in