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.

Reconsiderations in Southern African History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black people--South Africa.

Black people.

Journalists--South Africa--Biography.

Journalists.

Political activists--South Africa--Biography.

Political activists.

Race relations.

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

South Africa.

South Africa--Race relations.

South African Native National Congress.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (770 pages)

Place of Publication:

United States of America : University of Virginia Press, [2019]

Summary:

While the story of modern South Africa has long captured global attention, the story of one of its key forefathers has been eclipsed by those of more iconic political figures. In Sol Plaatje: A Life, Brian Willan restores to history the importance of a remarkable man whose contributions as an intellectual, politician, teacher, linguist, and journalist expanded and advanced the vision of a common South Africa. Drawing on an extraordinary range of sources reflecting decades of archival and field work, Willan animates Plaatje's personal and professional fortunes in the context of the tumultuous changes that overtook South Africa during his lifetime, spanning the country's industrialization and the rise of African nationalism in the early twentieth century. A pioneer in the history of the black press and a literary luminary, Plaatje translated Shakespeare into his native tongue, Setswana, the first such into any African language. Plaatje was a founder of the African National Congress in 1912 and led its campaign against the notorious Natives Land Act of 1913, efforts resonant more than a century later as the ANC today seeks to salvage its legacy from the stain of twenty-first-century corruption. This richly woven biography is essential reading for anyone interested in the generation of black leaders who came before Mandela. For sale in the US only.

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:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813943671

0813943671