Sol Plaatje : selected writings

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Sol Plaatje : selected writings

edited by Brian Willan

Witswatersrand University Press , Ohio University Press, 1997

  • : OUP : pbk
  • : WUP

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Selected writings

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Selections. 1997

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Originally published: 1996

Bibliography: p. 462-468

Includes index.

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Volume

: OUP : pbk ISBN 9780821411865

Description

Sol Plaatje is one of South Africa's most important political and literary figures. A pioneer in the history of the black press, he was one of the founders of the African National Congress, a leading spokesman for black opinion throughout his life, and the author of three well-known books: Mafeking Diary, Native Life in South Africa, and his historical novel, Mhudi. These books are not Plaatje's only claim to fame. In the course of a prolific career he wrote letters to the press, newspaper articles and editorials, pamphlets, political speeches, evidence to government commissions of enquiry, unpublished autobiographical writings, and many personal letters. Together they provide both an engaging personal record and a very readable - and revealing - commentary on South African social and political affairs during the era of segregation, from 1899 through to Plaatje's tragically early death in 1932. What he wrote has a unique historical importance, all the more meaningful from the perspective of the 1990s.
Volume

: WUP ISBN 9781868143030

Description

Sol Plaatje is one of South Africa's most important political and literary figures. A pioneer in the history of the black press, he was one of the founders of the African National Congress, a leading spokesman for black opinion throughout his life, and the author of three well-known books: Mafikeng Diary, Native Life in South Africa, and his historical novel, Mhudi. These books are not Plaatje's only claim to fame. In the course of a prolific career he wrote letters to the press, newspaper articles and editorials, pamphlets, political speeches, evidence to government commissions of enquiry, unpublished autobiographical writings, and many personal letters. Together they provide both an engaging personal record and a very readable - and revealing - commentary on South African social and political affairs during the era of segregation, from 1899 through to Plaatje's tragically early death in 1932. What he wrote has a unique historical importance, all the more meaningful from the perspective of a democratic South Africa. Brian Willan has assembled and edited this fascinating collection from a variety of disparate and often obscure sources, making a comprehensive selection of Plaatje's writings available to a wider audience.

Table of Contents

  • Lis of Documents and Extracts
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Prelude: Sol Plaatje's Early Life 1876-1899
  • Part one 1899-1910
  • 'All we claim is our just dues'
  • Introduction and Commentary
  • Selected Writings
  • Part Two 1910-1923
  • 'Champion for the cause of our peoples'
  • Introduction and Commentary
  • Selected Writings
  • Part Three 1923-1932
  • 'A pioneer in literature'
  • Introduction and Commentary
  • Selected Writings
  • Notes
  • List of Documents and Extracts by
  • Category
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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