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First published in 1916, Sol Plaatje's Native Life in South Africa was written by one of the South Africa's most talented early twentieth-century black leaders and journalists. Plaatje's pioneering book arose out of an early African National Congress campaign to protest against the discriminatory1913 Natives Land Act. Native Life vividly narrates Plaatje's investigative journeying into South Africa's rural heartlands to report on the effects of the Act and his involvement in the deputation to the British imperial government. At the same time it tells the bigger story of the assault on black rights and opportunities in the newly consolidated Union of South Africa - and the resistance to it. Originally published in war-time London, but about South Africa and its place in the world, Native Life travelled far and wide, being distributed in the United States under the auspices of prominent African-American W E B Du Bois. South African editions were to follow only in the late apartheid period and beyond. The aim of this multi-authored volume is to shed new light on how and why Native Life came into being at a critical historical juncture, and to reflect on how it can be read in relation to South Africa's heightened challenges today. Crucial areas that come under the spotlight in this collection include land, race, history, mobility, belonging, war, the press, law, literature, language, gender, politics, and the state.--
Land tenure --- Blacks --- Negroes --- Ethnology --- Law and legislation --- Social conditions --- Plaatje, Sol. T. --- Plaatje, Solomon Tshekisho --- Plaatje, Solomon T. --- South Africa --- Politics and government --- Black persons --- Black people
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Journalists --- Blacks --- Nationalists --- Plaatje, Solomon Tshekisho, - 1876-1932 --- South Africa --- South Africa --- South Africa
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Seetsele Modiri Molema's Sol T. Plaatje: Morata Wabo is the first biography of Solomon Plaatje written in his mother-tongue, Setswana, and the only book-length biography written by someone who actually knew him. The manuscript had long been housed in the Wits Historical Papers and was accessible only to scholars. D.S. Matjila and Karen Haire have mined the archive to produce the first English translation of Molema's biography, Lover of His People. Molema balances Plaatje's public and political persona - as a pioneer black politician and man of letters - with an intimate account of Plaatje, the human being: his physical features, habits, temperament, talents, personality, character, fears, struggles, dreams and aspirations. He illuminates the spirit of Plaatje, painting a personal portrait. Recognising that the biographer was an extraordinary scholar, intellectual and politician in his own right, the book includes an essay on the life and legacy of Seetsele Modiri Molema and his contribution to South Africa's black intellectual heritage. The editors highlight some of the ways in which the book might be relevant to contemporary South African readers and, in inspiring them about a local historical figure, prompt critical thinking about pertinent issues such as gender, the future of African languages and the re-writing of history.
Blacks --- Political activists --- Nationalists --- Journalists --- Nationalism --- Negroes --- Ethnology --- Plaatje, Sol. T. --- Plaatje, Solomon Tshekisho --- Plaatje, Solomon T. --- South African Native National Congress --- SANNC --- African National Congress --- History. --- South Africa --- Politics and government --- Race relations. --- Race question --- Black persons --- Black people
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Sociology of literature --- British Commonwealth --- Decolonization in literature --- Colonies in literature --- Blacks in literature --- Colonies dans la littérature --- Noirs dans la littérature --- Literature and society --- Postcolonialism in literature. --- Colonies dans la littérature --- Noirs dans la littérature --- Commonwealth literature (English) --- Postcolonialism in literature --- 820 <100> --- 820 <100> Engelse literatuur: Commonwealth --- Engelse literatuur: Commonwealth --- Literature --- Literature and sociology --- Society and literature --- Sociology and literature --- Sociolinguistics --- Negroes in literature --- History and criticism --- History --- Social aspects --- English literature --- anno 1900-1999 --- Decolonization in literature. --- Colonies in literature. --- Blacks in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Littérature du Commonwealth (anglaise) --- Décolonisation dans la littérature --- Histoire et critique --- Black people in literature. --- Commonwealth literature (English) - History and criticism. --- Literature and society - Commonwealth countries - History - 20th century. --- POST-COLONIAL LITERATURE (ENGLISH) --- COMMONWEALTH LITERATURE (ENGLISH) --- LITERATURE AND SOCIETY --- DECOLONIZATION IN LITERATURE --- COLONIES IN LITERATURE --- BLACKS IN LITERATURE --- SOUTH AFRICAN LITERATURE --- BENNETT (LOUISE) --- BHABHA (HOMI) --- BERRY (JAMES) --- DABYDEEN (DAVID) --- GWALA (MAFIKA) --- JOHNSON (LINTON KWESI) --- MTSHALI (OSWALD) --- NARAYAN (R. K.) --- NICHOLS (GRACE) --- PLAATJE (SOLOMON) --- RAO (RAJA) --- SAHGAL (NAYANTARA) --- ACHEBE (CHINUA), 1930 --- -BRATHWAITE (EDWARD KAMAU), 1930 --- -COETZEE (JOHN MAXWELL), 1940 --- -SAID (EDWARD W.), 1935-2003 --- ONDAATJE (MICHAEL), 1943 --- -RUSHDIE (SALMAN), 1947 --- -GORDIMER (NADINE), 1923 --- -NAIPAUL (VIDIADHAR SURAJPRASAD), 1932 --- -NGUGI WA THIONG'O, 1938 --- -SPIVAK (GAYATRI CHAKRAVORTY), 1942 --- -WALCOTT (DEREK), 1930 --- -HISTORY AND CRITICISM --- COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES --- HISTORY --- 20th CENTURY --- -POST-COLONIAL LITERATURE (ENGLISH) --- HISTORY AND CRITICISM --- -WALCOTT (DEREK), 1930-
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