Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
3226DA5
Site Name
Charlotte Maxeke Memorial, Fort Beaufort
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Thursday, April 22, 2021 - 11:20
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Thursday, April 22, 2021 - 11:20.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
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Off
Classifications
Monument Type
Description
Addressing a congregation in Nxukhwebe,Fort Beaufort in the Eastern Cape, President Ramaphosa said visiting her homeland"feels like I have come to the fountain of wisdom". He honoured Maxeke as a religious leader and social and political activist who was the first black woman to graduate with a university degree in South Africa with a BSc from Wilberforce University Ohio in 1901
Original Position
Original Position
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Construction Materials
Brick
Pedestal Material
Brick
Person/Institution Commemorated
Event Commemorated
Commemorating her achievements as the political activist and the first black woman to have obtained a degree both in South Africa and American University.
Date Unveiled
Unveiled Comment
Hon Premier Oscar Mabuyane
Inscriptions
Political activist who was the first black woman to graduate with a University degree in South Africa with a BSc from Wilberforce University Ohio in 1901. She was also a first black women to graduate from an American university.
Location
Location
Mapping
-32.702308, 26.586524
Eastern Cape
- Amathole
- Raymond Mhlaba
Directions to Site
It's in heerengracht street in Cape Town opposite BMW
Access details
Through the school that is situated next to the Monument .
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