James Calata

The Reverend
James Arthur Calata
Born (1895-07-22)22 July 1895
Died 16 June 1983(1983-06-16) (aged 87)

James Arthur Calata (1895 – 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 and 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 via Jstor. (subscription required (help)). 
  • Logie, Bartle; Snaddon, Ann (2006). Water in the wilderness. Bluecliff Pub. 
  • "Rev. James Arthur Calata". www.sahistory.org. Retrieved 2013-07-21. 
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