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| − | [[Sol Plaatje]] (1876–1932)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Plaatje] was a South African intellectual, journalist, linguist, politician, translator, poet, novelist, historian, and playwright. | + | #REDIRECT[[Sol T. Plaatje]] |
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| − | Born [[Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje]] on 9 October 1876
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| − | Edited the Mafeking newspaper ''[[Koranta ea Becoana]]'' for seven years, and was court interpreter during the Siege of Mafeking. The first general secretary of the [[African National Congress]] (1912), going to London as part of the delegation to oppose the Land Act of 1913. Stayed there for a number of years.
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| − | His books include ''Native Life in South Africa'' (1916) and the novel ''Mhudi'' (1930).
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| − | As playwright he translated a number of plays into [[Setswana]], including [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Julius Caesar]]'' (as ''[[Dintshontsho tsa bo-Julius Kesara]]'' (1937), ''[[A Comedy of Errors]]'' (193* as ''[[Diphoshophosho]]'').
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