South African singer Charlotte Manye a member of The African Choir 1891 The choir drawn from seven different South African tribes toured Britain from...
{"Image ImageDescription": "South African singer Charlotte Manye, 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. In the 1890s, Manye (also listed as Makhomo Manye) was the first black South African woman to graduate from Wilberforce University in the US. She later became an important political activist in South Africa. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton", "Image Copyright": "2014 Getty Images"}