Dadoo was born on the 5th September 1909 in South Africa, his father; Mohamed Dadoo was a migrant who came to South Africa at the age of 15 during the South African War. His father came to South Africa in 1904 and started a business to help his family. Because of the racism and apartheid in South Africa during this time, Dadoo had to travel every morning with the train to go to his school, where other Indian children like him were being educated. He also attended Bree Street School which was also a school specifically designed for Indian students.
Growing up, Dadoo was inspired by the nationalist movement
in India and admired the
work of Mahatma Ghandi, though it was not just him who was inspired, but also
other Indians living in South Africa,
especially the parents at Bree
Street School.
They were, as expected, imprisoned for their efforts.
His career in politics started when he left for college to Aligarh Muslim College
where his grew fonder of the whole revolution idea. Dadoo would attend meetings
held by Ghandi and encourage support for the Indian National Congress. Through
his education and time in Aligarh
he had this growing hatred for British imperialism and wanted to action against
it. It was surprising for any man to attempt to be vocal at the time because
there was so much hatred and racism towards people of his skin colour.
With this string belief in mind, Dadoo was set to make a
change – a clear socialist he was!
He made many accomplishments, some are: being a key speakers
at the Defend South Africa Campaign, and Dadoo became prominent at the
beginning of the anti-pass campaigns, he had been awarded the traditional
African decoration of Isitwalandwe/Seaparankoe and being responsible for setting
up of Peace Committees in Africa e.g. Kenya,
Tunisia, Algeria and Ghana.
After doing so much for others and helping the Communist
regime, Dadoo fell ill and it was in 1983 where he later died. His illness and
death came as a shock to all and those grieving knew that there maybe no one
else like him who’ll be able to put in the effort and passion he did to make
society better for people in nearly all parts of the world.
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| Dadoo's grave placed next to Saad Saadi Ali |
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