Sol Plaatje : a life of Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje, 1876-1932 / Brian Willan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Willan, Brian, author.

Series:

Reconsiderations in southern African history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Plaatje, Sol. T.

South African Native National Congress--History.

South African Native National Congress.

Journalists--South Africa--Biography.

Journalists.

Black people.

Nationalists.

History.

South Africa.

Nationalists--South Africa--Biography.

Political activists--South Africa--Biography.

Political activists.

Black people--South Africa--Biography.

South Africa--Race relations.

Race relations.

South Africa--Politics and government--1836-1909.

Politics and government.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 711 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First University of Virginia Press edition.

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2019.

Contents:

Beginnings to 1894

'Full of pleasant anticipations': Kimberley, 1894-1898

'The essential interpreter': Mafeking, 1898-1899

The siege of Mafeking, 1899-1900

After the siege, 1900-1902

Editor of Koranta ea becoana, 1902-1904

Koranta ea becoana and after, 1905-1910

Tsala ea becoana, the South African Native National Congress and the Land Act of 1913

Appealing to empire: England, 1914-1916

'A full-fledged scholar': England, 1916-1917

Back home: South Africa, 1917-1919

Overseas again: England, 1919-1920

'A wild goose chase'? Canada and the United States, 1920-1922

Too long away, England 1922-1923

The 1920s: a leader without a people?

Setswana

Mhudi

So much still to do.

Notes:

"Originally published in 2018 by Jacana Media, South Africa."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Willan, Brian, author. Sol Plaatje

ISBN:

9780813942094

0813942098

OCLC:

1096214701