Kader Asmal
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Kader Asmal was a prominent South African anti-apartheid activist, legal scholar, and cabinet minister who played a key role in shaping the country’s post-apartheid constitutional and human rights framework.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kader Asmal canonical | 5 |
| Abdul Kader | 1 |
| Abdul Kader Asmal | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T860996 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kader Asmal Context triple: [Indians in South Africa, notablePoliticalFigure, Kader Asmal]
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A.
Khader Khan
Khader Khan is a powerful and charismatic Mumbai mafia don and philosophical mentor figure in Gregory David Roberts’ novel *Shantaram*.
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B.
Mustafa Abdul Jalil
Mustafa Abdul Jalil is a Libyan politician and former justice minister who became a leading figure of the opposition and head of the National Transitional Council during the 2011 uprising against Muammar Gaddafi.
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C.
Achmed Abdullah
Achmed Abdullah was a Russian-born American writer and screenwriter known for his exotic adventure tales and contributions to early Hollywood cinema.
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D.
Karim Ahmad Khan
Karim Ahmad Khan is a British barrister and international lawyer who serves as the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, known for his work in international criminal and humanitarian law.
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E.
Nur Herman Majid
Nur Herman Majid is a Malaysian former hurdler best known for lighting the cauldron at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kader Asmal Target entity description: Kader Asmal was a prominent South African anti-apartheid activist, legal scholar, and cabinet minister who played a key role in shaping the country’s post-apartheid constitutional and human rights framework.
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A.
Khader Khan
Khader Khan is a powerful and charismatic Mumbai mafia don and philosophical mentor figure in Gregory David Roberts’ novel *Shantaram*.
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B.
Mustafa Abdul Jalil
Mustafa Abdul Jalil is a Libyan politician and former justice minister who became a leading figure of the opposition and head of the National Transitional Council during the 2011 uprising against Muammar Gaddafi.
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C.
Achmed Abdullah
Achmed Abdullah was a Russian-born American writer and screenwriter known for his exotic adventure tales and contributions to early Hollywood cinema.
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D.
Karim Ahmad Khan
Karim Ahmad Khan is a British barrister and international lawyer who serves as the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, known for his work in international criminal and humanitarian law.
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E.
Nur Herman Majid
Nur Herman Majid is a Malaysian former hurdler best known for lighting the cauldron at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
South African politician
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anti-apartheid activist ⓘ cabinet minister ⓘ human ⓘ legal scholar ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Honorary doctorate from the University of Dublin
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Honorary doctorate from the University of the Western Cape ⓘ Order of Luthuli in Gold ⓘ
linked to:
Order of Luthuli
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| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| child | Louise’s and his sons (two) ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | South Africa ⓘ |
| countryServed | South Africa ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1934-10-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2011-06-22 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Trinity College Dublin
ⓘ
University of London ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Indian South African ⓘ |
| familyName | Asmal ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
constitutional law
ⓘ
human rights law ⓘ international law ⓘ |
| founded | Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement ⓘ |
| fullName |
Abdul Kader Asmal
ⓘ
linked to:
Kader Asmal
|
| givenName |
Abdul Kader
ⓘ
linked to:
Kader Asmal
|
| knownFor |
advocacy for human rights and the rule of law
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leadership in anti-apartheid activism in exile ⓘ role in South Africa’s constitutional negotiations ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Afrikaans
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
ANC National Executive Committee
ⓘ
South African Law Commission ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | African National Congress ⓘ |
| movement | anti-apartheid movement ⓘ |
| notableWork |
contribution to drafting South Africa’s post-apartheid Constitution
ⓘ
work on South African human rights framework ⓘ |
| occupation |
human rights activist
ⓘ
law professor ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Stanger, Natal, South Africa ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Cape Town, South Africa
ⓘ
linked to:
Cape Town
|
| positionHeld |
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa
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Minister of Education of South Africa ⓘ Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry of South Africa ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| residence |
Cape Town, South Africa
ⓘ
linked to:
Cape Town
Dublin, Ireland ⓘ
linked to:
Dublin
|
| spouse | Louise Asmal ⓘ |
| taughtAt | Trinity College Dublin ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kader Asmal Description of subject: Kader Asmal was a prominent South African anti-apartheid activist, legal scholar, and cabinet minister who played a key role in shaping the country’s post-apartheid constitutional and human rights framework.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kader Asmal
linked to: Kader Asmal