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Sol Plaatje - A Life of Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje, 1876-1932 (Paperback)
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Sol Plaatje - A Life of Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje, 1876-1932 (Paperback)
Series: Reconsiderations in Southern African History
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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.
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