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024 7    |a MS 375495, Plaatje, Box 1 |2 soas order with reference
024 7    |a MS 375495/02/05 |2 calm reference number
040        |a UkLSOA |c UkLSOA
245 00 |a Some of the legal disabilities suffered by the native populations of the Union of South Africa and imperial responsibility |h [electronic resource] |y English.
246 3    |a Some of the legal disabilities suffered by the native populations of South Africa and imperial responsibility', USA, Plaatje, prepared for the South African Native Delegation [to England concerning the Native Lands Act?] |y English.
260        |a [S.l.] : |b [s.n.], |c [192-?].
490        |a Papers of Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje.
500        |a Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje was born on 9 October 1876, in the district of Boshof, Orange Free State, South Africa. His parents were Barolongs, coming originally from Thaba Ncho, and trekking eventually to Mafeking. He was educated at Pneil Mission Station (Berlin Missionary Society), near Barkly West, until he passed the fourth standard. He then worked as a student teacher, continuing his study through private lessons from the Rev. G.E. Westphal. In March 1894 he joined the Cape Government Service as a letter- carrier in the Kimberley Post Office. In his own time he studied languages and passed the Cape Civil Service examination in typewriting, Dutch and native languages. In 1898 he was transferred to Mafeking as interpreter, and during the Siege of Mafeking at the outbreak of the Boer War in 1899, he was appointed Dutch interpreter to the Court of Summary Jurisdiction. Plaatje decided to become a journalist in order to give a voice to the Bantu people. He edited a number of Bantu language newspapers including Koranta ea Becoana ( The Bechuana Gazette ) 1902- 1905, a weekly paper in English and Sechuana, which was financed by Chief Silas Molema. He then became Editor of Tsala ea Batho ( The People's Friend ) 1910-c1912. He was elected First Secretary-General of the South African Native National Congress (forerunner of the African National Congress), 1912-1917. In 1914 and 1919 he was a member of the Congress delegation to London against the Natives' Land Act of 1913. As a result of financial difficulties he became stranded in London for some time, but used this time to address meetings and to write Sechuana Proverbs. He returned to South Africa in 1917. Plaatje was also a delegate to the first Government Conference held under the Native Affairs Act. He travelled throughout Europe, Canada and the United States to draw attention to the plight of black South Africans. He was the author of numerous books including Native Life in South Africa (1915), Sechuana Proverbs and their European Equivalents (1916), and A Sechuana Reader. In 1919 he wrote Mhudi (published in 1930), which was the first published novel written in English by a Black South African. He died on 19 June 1932. Further reading: Willan, B., Sol Plaatje: South African Nationalist 1876-1932 , (Heineman, 1984)
500        |a Prepared for the South African Native Delegation by Sol. T. Plaatje …
500        |a Portrait on title page
500        |a 8 pages
500        |a VIAF (name authority) : Plaatje, Sol. T. (Solomon Tshekisho), 1876-1932 : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/68937922
533        |a Electronic reproduction. |b London : |c SOAS University of London, |c Special Collections, |d 2020. |f (SOAS Digital Collections) |n Mode of access: World Wide Web. |n System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software.
535 1    |a Special Collections.
650    0 |a Race discrimination -- Law and legislation -- South Africa.
650    0 |a Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- South Africa.
650    0 |a Blacks -- South Africa -- Politics and government.
650    0 |a Blacks -- South Africa -- Social conditions.
650    0 |a Blacks -- South Africa -- Economic conditions.
650    0 |a Apartheid -- South Africa.
650    0 |a Blacks -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- South Africa.
650    0 |a Apartheid.
650    0 |a Blacks -- Economic conditions.
650    0 |a Blacks -- Legal status, laws, etc.
650    0 |a Blacks -- Politics and government.
650    0 |a Blacks -- Social conditions.
650    0 |a Land tenure -- Law and legislation.
650    0 |a Race discrimination -- Law and legislation.
650    0 |a South Africa.
720 1    |a Plaatje, Sol. T. (Solomon Tshekisho), 1876-1932, |e author, primary.
752        |a South Africa.
776 1    |c Original |w (OCoLC)26017640
830    0 |a SOAS Digital Collections.
830    0 |a South Africa Collection.
830    0 |a Papers of Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje.
852        |a GBR |b SDC |c South Africa Collection
856 40 |u https://digital.soas.ac.uk/EK00000214/00001 |y Click here for full text
992 04 |a http://digital.soas.ac.uk/content/EK/00/00/02/14/00001/00001thm.jpg
997        |a South Africa Collection


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