African Revolutionary Writers, Part 1b
Solomon
Tshekisho Plaatje
Sol
Plaatje was the first Secretary-General of the African National Congress. He
was a journalist and a novelist, among other things.
Attached
is one of the Chapters of Plaatje’s “Native Life in South Africa” (1916). The
full work can be found here.
Sol
Plaatje also wrote the epic novel “Mhudi”, published in 1913. It does not
appear to be on the Internet, but it does appear to be still available in hard
copy.
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The above serves to
introduce the original reading-text: Sol Plaatje’s 1916 “Native Life in South
Africa” (Wrong Carries the Day).
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A PDF file of the reading text is attached
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