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Sol Plaatje
1876 – 1932
Founding General Secretary of the ANC, and Native Life in South Africa
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Why they are here
Journalist, linguist, translator and the first General Secretary of the organisation that became the ANC — and the author of the book that documented what the 1913 Land Act did.
Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje was a South African intellectual, journalist, linguist, politician, translator and writer.
He was a founding member and first General Secretary of the South African Native National Congress, which became the African National Congress. His Native Life in South Africa has been called one of the most remarkable books written about the continent.
He was a founding member and first General Secretary of the South African Native National Congress, which became the African National Congress. His Native Life in South Africa has been called one of the most remarkable books written about the continent.
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