B.M. Khaketla

Bennett Makalo Khaketla (1913-2000) is a Sesotho poet, journalist, teacher and playwright.

He was quite a prolific writer, publishing two novels, three plays and a poetry collection.

As a public figure, he was a member of the Executive Committee of the Basutoland National Congress and a member of the Executive Council of Lesotho. And in the 1950s he founded and edited a newspaper, Mohlabani ("The Warrior").

According to Lipholo Pheko (2020), when Khaketla died in 2000, he left behind a carton of unpublished manuscripts and notes that, when assembled and edited, could provide an autobiographal view of his life.

He published three Southern Sotho plays: Moshoeshoe le baruti ("Moshoeshoe and the missionaries", 1947), Tholoana tsa sethepu ("Results of polygamy", 1954) and its sequel, Bulane (1958).

Sources

Various entries in the NELM catalogue.

Lipholo Pheko. 2020. "The works of Bennett Makalo Khaketla" in The Post February 25, 2020.

Stellenbosch University Library catalogue. .

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