Pixley Isaka Ka Seme Born in 1881, Pixley Isaka Ka Seme was one
of South Africa's most important historical figures. He is
considered to be father of black attorneys. Seme was one of the
earliest black South African to study overseas and paved the way
for many others in the dedication to excellence and political
awareness. Named Isaac Seme after his Zulu father, Pixley Seme
grew up in Natal and attended a local American missionary
school. He showed exceptional promise and eagerness to study
overseas, so much so that at the age of 17, Reverend Pixley
helped him gain entrance to Mount Hermon School in the US. Here
he took on the name Pixley. This passion for education saw Seme
go on to complete his Bachelor Of Arts degree at Columbia
University and his law degree at Oxford before returning to
South Africa in 1911. Back in South Africa, he opened up a law
practice in partnership with Alfred Mangena. A year later Seme,
Mangena and a few others called for the meeting of black
communities throughout South Africa in