Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje

Biography

Sol Plaatje was born in 1876 in South Africa. A journalist, politician, and writer, he was a founding member and first General Secretary of the South African Native National Congress (SANNC), which became the African National Congress (ANC). Plaatje devoted his life to the liberation of African peoples from colonial rule and disenfranchisement. He was the first Black South African to write a novel in English—Mhudi, completed in 1919 but published in 1930.

Birth Date

1876-10-09

Place of Birth

Death Date

1932-06-19

Country of Nationality

South Africa

Sources

"Sol Plaatje." Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 12 September 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Plaatje. Accessed 17 November 2024.