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024 7    |a MS 375495, Plaatje, Box 1 |2 SOAS Order with reference
024 7    |a MS 375495/04/01/10 |2 CALM reference number
040        |a UkLSOA |c UkLSOA
245 00 |a Scene from the stage show of Cradle of the World, 1923 |h [electronic resource].
246 3    |a 10 photographs of Plaatje and others; including one scene of a crowd in Africa, and African dancers on stage in London : Photograph 10 |y English.
246 3    |a Cradle of the World, 1923 |y English.
260        |a [S.l.] : |b Stage Photo Company, |c [1923].
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 Plaatje is seen second from the right, holding a spear
500        |a In 1923, George Lattimore was promoting with Pathé, Cradle of the World, the "most marvellous and thrilling travel film ever screened". In a letter to the pan-Africanist, W.E. Du Bois, Lattimore reported that he was having a "successful run" with the film at the Philharmonic Hall, where the SSO had also performed. Lattimore's letterhead by then boasted of the patronage of William of Sweden. In fact, the show received indifferent reviews and lasted only one month. The show, which seems to have been based at least partly on Wildest Africa, included a musical interlude to enliven the proceedings and to cover up the changing of the film reels. Sol Plaatje, the first General Secretary of the South African Native National Congress (later the African National Congress), who was desperately in need of money, was recruited by Lattimore to take the role of an African tribesman.
500        |a VIAF (name authority) : Pathéscope (Firm) : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/305941654
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 Plaatje, Sol. T. (Solomon Tshekisho), 1876-1932.
650        |a Cradle of the World.
650    0 |a Pathéscope (Firm).
650    0 |a Pathéscope (Firm). Cradle of the World.
752        |a United Kingdom |b England |c Greater London |d London |g Philharmonic Hall.
830    0 |a SOAS Digital Collections.
830    0 |a United Kingdom Collection.
830    0 |a South Africa Collection.
830    0 |a Papers of Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje.
852        |a GBR |b SDC |c United Kingdom Collection
856 40 |u https://digital.soas.ac.uk/EK00000231/00001 |y Electronic Resource
992 04 |a http://digital.soas.ac.uk/content/EK/00/00/02/31/00001/00001thm.jpg
997        |a United Kingdom Collection


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