Adams Mission is a town in eThekwini in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

Established in 1836 as a Medical mission, the settlement was destroyed by the Zulu king Dingaan, but rebuilt in 1839.

Named after the American missionary Dr Newton Adams who arrived in Natal in 1835 and who played a prominent role in respect to this mission.

[4] Adams College has educated multiple Presidents, Ministers and has had a Nobel Laureate on its staff.

it has educated the likes of Robert Mugabe who later became the leader of Zanu PF as such this relationship between the mission and politics made it the Birth Place of the ANC.