Nokutela Mdima (1873 – 1917) was born at a mission station at Inanda, outside Durban. In 1894 she married John Langalibalele Dube, the first President-General of the South African Native National Congress (later called the African National Congress). In 1896 they travelled to the USA to raise funds for the Ohlange Institute, the first school in the country established by black teachers, which was founded in 1900. In 1903 they established the first English-Zulu newspaper, Ilanga Lase Natal (The Sun of Natal). A talented singer and piano and harp player, she was music teacher and choral director at Ohlange. With John Dube, she co-authored a book of Zulu choral music, Amagama Abantu (1911).
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