South African singer Paul Xiniwe a member of The African Choir 1891 The choir drawn from seven different South African tribes toured Britain from...
{"Image ImageDescription": "South African singer Paul Xiniwe (1857 - 1902), a member of The African Choir, 1891. The choir, drawn from seven different South African tribes, toured Britain from 1891 to 1893 to raise funds for a technical college in their home country. Xiniwe, of the Thembu, isiXhosa-speaking  people, was born and lived in the Eastern Cape. In 1881 he studied at the Lovedale mission station in Eastern Cape Province as an advanced student, based on the recommendations of the Reverend Edward Solomon of Bedford. For several years, he worked as a teacher, before becoming a community leader, proprietor, social entrepreneur and hotel owner. In 1884 he presented a paper at the Native Educational Society, in which he stressed that the time had come for Africans to become members in Parliament. He joined Imbumba Yama Nyama (aka the South African Aborigines Association) and later became a leader of the South African Native Congress. In 1894 he opened the Temperance Hotel at Market Square in King Williams Town, the first hotel for Africans in the Cape Province. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)", "Image Copyright": "2014 Getty Images"}