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Author:

Willan, Brian author.

Title:

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

Edition:

First University of Virginia Press edition.

Publisher:

University of Virginia Press,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

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

Subject:

Plaatje, Sol. T.--(Solomon Tshekisho),--1876-1932.
South African Native National Congress--History.
Journalists--South Africa--Biography.
Nationalists--South Africa--Biography.
Political activists--South Africa--Biography.
Blacks--South Africa--Biography.
South Africa--Race relations.
South Africa--Politics and government--1836-1909.

Notes:

"Originally published in 2018 by Jacana Media, South Africa." Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Series:

Reconsiderations in southern African history

ISBN:

0813942098
9780813942094

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1096214701

LCCN:

2019015548

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)