Research Catalog

Title

A life in letters / edited by Brian Willan and Sabata-Mpho Mokae.

Author

Plaatje, Sol. T. (Solomon Tshekisho), 1876-1932

Publication

Cape Town : HiPSA, 2020.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Willan, Brian
• Mokae, Sabata-mpho

Description

ix, 359 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits; 24 cm.

Summary

"By any standards Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje (1876-1932) lived a remarkable life. From humble beginnings he rose to become one of the most important political and literary figures of his generation. He was inspired by a vision of a common society in which race and colour were no bar to full participation in the life of the country. He was a prolific journalist, a founder and first General Secretary of the 'South African Native National Congress', and author of several books - Native Life in South Africa, a hard-hitting statement on the rights of the black South African people, and Mhudi, the first full- length novel in English by a black South African, being the best known."--Mary Martin description.

Series Statement

Third series = Derde reeks = Tlhatlhamano ya boraro ; no. 2

Uniform Title

Historical Publications Southern Africa (Series) ; 3rd. series, no. 2.

Subject

• Plaatje, Sol. T. 1876-1932 > Correspondence
• Plaatje, Sol. T. 1876-1932
• 1836-1948
• Politics and government
• South Africa > Politics and government > 1836-1909
• South Africa > Politics and government > 1909-1948
• South Africa

Genre/Form

Personal correspondence.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Part 1. 1896-1902 -- Part 2. 1903-1909 -- Part 3. 1910-1914 -- Part 4. 1914-1917 -- Part 5. 1917-1919 -- Part 6. 1919-1923 -- Part 7. 1923-1928 -- Part 8. 1928-1932 -- Short biographies of main correspondents -- Sources of letters -- Archival collections consulted -- Further reading.

Call Number

Sc E 21-1072

ISBN

• 0994720769
• 9780994720764

OCLC

1239337935

Author

Plaatje, Sol. T. (Solomon Tshekisho), 1876-1932, author.

Title

A life in letters / edited by Brian Willan and Sabata-Mpho Mokae.

Publisher

Cape Town : HiPSA, 2020.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Third series = Derde reeks = Tlhatlhamano ya boraro ; no. 2

Historical Publications Southern Africa (Series) ; 3rd. series, no. 2.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Note

Schomburg copy with dust jacket.

Chronological Term

1836-1948

Local Subject

Black author.

Added Author

Willan, Brian, editor.

Mokae, Sabata-mpho, editor.

Research Call Number

Sc E 21-1072