UJohn Langalibalele Dube (11 February 1871 – 11 February 1946) wayengumbhali wezindaba, isazi sefilosofi, uthisha, usopolitiki, umshicileli, umhleli, umbhali wezincwadi waseNingizimu Afrika kanye nembongi.
Wayengumongameli owasungula iSouth African Native National Congress (SANNC), eyaba yi-African National Congress ngo-1923. Wayengumalume kaDkt Pixley ka isaka Seme abasungula naye i-SANNC.
UDube wasebenza njengomongameli we-SANNC phakathi kuka-1912 no-1917. Walethwa eMelika yizithunywa zevangeli ezazibuya futhi wafunda e-Oberlin Preparatory Academy. Wabuyela eNingizimu Afrika, lapho ngo-1903 yena nonkosikazi wakhe wokuqala, uNokutela Dube, basungula iphephandaba, manje osekuyiLanga laseNatali. Ngo-1901 wasungula isikole i-Ohlange High School esizinze eTuskegee Institue eyasungulwa nguBooker T Washington.
Wayefisa nokuthi abantu abamnyama bangene kwezamabhizinisi, ngakho ngo-1903 wasungula iphephandaba lesiZulu Ilanga. Ngo-1930, uJohn Dube washicilela incwadi ethi "Shaka's Body Servant." Uphinde wabhala nangempilo yababusi bakwaZulu okubalwa neSilo uDinizulu. Wayengusopolitiki odla ngoludala.
I-ANC yakhe yayingelona iqembu lamavukelambuso ngeminyaka yawo-1960, kodwa akazange akhohlwe yizinto ezimbili: amalungelo abantu, nesidingo sokuba ama-Afrika ahlangane. Lowo kwakuwumyalezo uJohn Langalibalele Dube ayewushumayela waze washona ngo-1946. UJohn Langalibalele wazalelwa eNatal esikhungweni semishini yaseNanda e-American Zulu Mission (AZM), igatsha le-American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, eliseNingizimu Afrika. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi amabandla emishini ahlanganiswa namanye amaBandla eMishini yaseLondon Missionary Society kanye neCongregational Union of South Africa akha i-United Congregational Church of Southern Africa (UCCSA).
Uyise, uMfundisi James Dube, wayengomunye wabefundisi bokuqala abagcotshwa e-Afrika be-AZM. UDube uqale ukufunda eNanda nase-Adams College, eManzimtoti. Kubizwe uMfundisi William Cullen Wilcox ukuthi azokhuluma loDube owayengaziphethe kahle esikolo seAdams. Uyise uJames Dube wabe engumfundisi weBandla eNanda.
Ngo-1887, umndeni wakwaWilcox wawubuyela e-United States futhi uJohn Dube nonina bancenga umbhangqwana wezithunywa zevangeli ukuba uhambise uDube eMelika, lapho ayeyoqhubeka khona nemfundo yakhe. AbakwaCullen bavumelana ngombandela wokuthi uDube azinakekele ngokwezimali; nokho, bameluleka, futhi uWilliam wamthola umsebenzi wakhe wokuqala eqenjini lezigelekeqe zomgwaqo lapho efika eMelika.
UDube wafunda e-Oberlin Academy Preparatory School, nakuba afundele ukunyathelisa nokuzisiza, akazange aphumelele. UDube wayezalwa ebukhosini futhi wayeyinkosi yesizwe samaQadi. Ngenxa yokuguqukela kukayise ebuKristwini yizithunywa zevangeli zakuqala e-pre-republic yaseNingizimu Afrika, akazange abuse phezu kwesizwe samaQadi. Isibongo sakwaDube empeleni kwakunguNgcobo owayenobukhosi besizwe samaQadi kwaZulu.
Kumuntu ofundiswe yisithunywa sevangeli kwakukhona ukungqubuzana phakathi kwemfundo yaseNtshonalanga eyayisanda kufika kanye nomphakathi wendabuko wase-Afrika. Kodwa-ke, uDube wabhekana nalokhu kuhlukana kwezenhlalo ngekhono elifana nombuso, njengaseminyakeni yakhe yokukhula, lapho ekwazile ukwethenjwa umndeni wobukhosi bakwaZulu.
Kuyacatshangwa ukuthi uDube ubengeke abe yingxenye ye-SANC, ngaphandle kokuthi imfundiso nenkulumo yakhe mayelana nesidingo sobumbano kwahambisana nesimo sezepolitiki esaqala ngaleso sikhathi. Sekuyimfashini manje ukuthi osomlando abachemile bakhulume ngokugcina kukaDube njengobufakazi bokuthi ekugcineni wahlukana ne-ANC.
Kodwa, empeleni, iqiniso liwukuthi i-ANC ayizange ibe umnyakazo oqinile mayelana nokubizelwa kwezindaba ezinjengokugunyazwa kwamazwe ngamazwe kwaze kwaba yilapho iqiniswa ngokusungulwa kophiko lwentsha lwe-ANC ngeminyaka yawo-1940. Izinkulumo zikaDube njengomengameli wenhlangano yepolitiki yabamnyama azikaze zitholakale.
Ukubunjwa okulandelayo kwabantu abansundu babe yinhlangano ehambisanayo yezenhlalo nepolitiki kwaba ukuhlangana ne-Universal Negro Improvement Association kaMarcus Garvey kanye ne-African Communities League, eyasungulwa ngo-1914. Kwezombusazwe zakhe uDube wayeqaphile futhi elandela imithetho, kodwa wayengagwegwesi ngamalungelo. yabamnyama kanye nephuzu elisemqoka lobumbano - wabona kusengaphambili isidingo sobumbano lwabantu abamnyama kudala ngaphambi kokuba uGarvey eze emhlabeni jikelele.