• Sol T Plaatje - A life in letters
    Edited by Brian Willan and Sabata-mpho Mokae
    Volume:
    III-2 (2020)
    Print Status:
    In Print (eBook available)
    Sol Plaatje (1876–1932) was one of the best known political and literary figures of his generation – as journalist, writer and spokesman for his people. He spoke out against the oppressive policies of the South African government in the early decades of the twentieth century, and he is remembered for a number of important books – one of which is the...
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  • From Cattle-herding to Editor’s Chair: The Unfinished Autobiography of Richard Victor Selope Thema
    Edited and introduced by Alan Cobley
    Volume:
    II-47 (2016)
    Print Status:
    In Print
    Richard Victor Selope Thema (1886 - 1955) was one of the most influential black figures in South Africa in the twentieth century - yet little has been published about him until now. 'RV' - as he was known to his friends - was a leading member of the ANC for almost forty years from 1912, serving for many years on...
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  • The World's Great Question. Olive Schreiner's South African Letters 1889-1920
    Edited by Liz Stanley and Andrea Salter
    Volume:
    II-45 (2014)
    Print Status:
    In Print
    The World’s Great Question features over 300 of Olive Schreiner’s key letters on South African people, politics and its racial order. They are often prophetic and can still send shivers down the spine. Immensely readable and insightful, her South African letters bring home Schreiner’s importance as one of the world’s most famous women and a foundational figure in South African...
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  • The South African Letters of Thomas Pringle
    Edited and introduced by Randolph Vigne
    Volume:
    II-42 (2011)
    Print Status:
    In Print
    Thomas Pringle (1789–1834) is remembered as ‘the father of English poetry’ in this country, as leader of the only Scottish settler party in 1820 and as a champion of the freedom of the press. He had an earlier career as founding editor of Blackwood’s Magazine in Edinburgh and a later one as man of letters in London and secretary of...
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  • Alan Paton Selected Letters
    Edited and with an introduction by Peter Alexander
    Volume:
    II-40 (2009)
    Print Status:
    In Print
    Alan Paton was a dedicated letter-writer whose letters are almost like a series of vigorous conversations, displaying his capacity for friendship, his lively personality and his principled commitment to South African society. This collection of 350 previously unpublished letters are a major aspect of his writings. They range from those written as a brilliant student of 18 to his old...
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