Rotoli Xaba
Rotoli Xaba (14 May 1893 - 24 April 1953) was the twenty third person of colour to qualify as a doctor in South Africa.[1]
Early life and Education[edit]
Rotoli Xaba came to the UK in the mid 1920s to study medicine at the University of Edinburgh Medical School .[2]
In 1929 Xaba's studies were dissrupted as his father became unwell and he had to return to South Africa to care for him.[3] Following the death of his father Xaba returned to Scotland to complete his studies. He received a Triple Scottish Qualification (LRCP and LRCS from Edinburgh and LRFPS from Glasgow) in 1936. Upon graduation he returned to South Africa and set up a private medical practice at Idutywa in Willowvale.[2]
References[edit]
- ↑ "The People's Pulmonologist – Zazim Creative". Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Digby, Anne (July 2007). "The last cohort of early black doctors who studied abroad, 1931-1940". South African Medical Journal = Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif Vir Geneeskunde. 97 (7): 508–509. ISSN 0256-9574. PMID 17824140.
- ↑ DIGBY, ANNE (November 2005). "EARLY BLACK DOCTORS IN SOUTH AFRICA". The Journal of African History. 46 (3): 427–454. doi:10.1017/s0021853705000836. ISSN 0021-8537.
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