Zakea Dolphin Mangoaela

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Zakea Dolphin Mangoaela (born February 1883 in Hohobeng , Cape Province , South Africa , † October 25, 1963 ) was a South African-Lesothic author and folklorist .

Mangoaela was born not far from the border to what was then Basutoland, later Lesotho , and grew up in Basutoland, where he attended the Basutoland Training College . He is considered to be one of the first authors of South African literature. His best known work is Lithoko tsa Marena a Basotho (German: Praise of the chiefs of the Basotho).

Works

  • Lithoko tsa Marena a Basotho . 1921
  • Ar'a libatana le lenyamatsane
  • As co-author: Grammar of the Sesuto language. Bantu Studies Vol. III. Johannesburg: University of Witwatersrand Press, Johannesburg 1927
personal data
SURNAME Mangoaela, Zakea Dolphin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African-Lesothic author and folklorist
DATE OF BIRTH February 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Hohobeng , Cape Province , South Africa
DATE OF DEATH October 25, 1963