Mafeking Diary of Sol Plaatje

Häftad, Engelska, 1999

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Beskrivning

A contemporary account of the war from an African intellectual.This diary offers a view of the siege of Mafeking, one of the most famous sieges of the South African War. The author, Sol Plaatje, was one of the founders of the African National Congress in 1912. Additional material from oral and archival research has also been incorporated into this edition.South Africa: David Philip/New Africa Books

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1999-01-01
Mått:136 x 212 x undefined mm
Vikt:306 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:216
Förlag:James Currey
ISBN:9780852557808

Utforska kategorier

Afrikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Krig och försvar inom Samhälle och politik
Biografier inom Biografier

Mer om författaren

Brian Willan is Senior Research Fellow at Rhodes University, Extraordinary Professor at Sol Plaatje and North West Universities. He has written extensively on Sol Plaatje and other aspects of nineteenth- and twentieth-century South African history and literature. He is author of Sol Plaatje: a life of Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje, 1876-1932 (Jacana, 2018), and co-editor (with Janet Remmington and Bheki Peterson) of Sol Plaatje's Native Life in South Africa: Past and Present, co-edited (Wits UP, 2016) and (with Sabata Mokae), of a collection of Plaatje's letters, to be published by Historical Publications Southern Africa in 2020.

Recensioner i media

... a most important account of daily life during the siege... an authentic voice of African participation in the war.... a view of the siege of Mafeking by a budding African intellectual and leader of his people, Solomon Plaatje, who was employed as interpreter in the Mafeking magistrate's court. Plaatje's prose is crisp, informative and gripping, and the diary makes marvellous reading.