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This digital document, covering the life and work of Sol(omon) T(shekisho) Plaatje, is an entry from Contemporary Authors, a reference volume published by Thompson Gale. The length of the entry is 1786 words. The page length listed above is based on a typical 300-word page. Although the exact content of each entry from this volume can vary, typical entries include the following information:

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Title: Rethinking Sol Plaatje's attitudes to class, empire, and gender.(African National Congress )
Author: Peter Limb
Publication: Critical Arts (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 2002
Publisher: Critical Arts Projects
Volume: 16Issue: 1Page: 23(18)

Article Type: Biography

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First novel by Black South African Published in English
A story of a relationship between an African man and woman, set in the Orange Free State region of South Africa during the Mfecane and Boer expansion.This is a more intimate and personal examination of the effects of these historical trends through the eyes of a young couple displaced by the battles and skirmishes. Although not sophisticated as a work of fiction, Mhudi is nonetheless a moving and insightful view of this period of history from an African perspective, as well as a piece of history in itself.Written by one of South Africa's true renaissance men whose contribution to his nation and people remains sadly underreported ... Read more

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This book examines literary romance as a vehicle for the ideological contradictions of British imperialism in South Africa. Chrisman draws upon postcolonial theory and cultural materialism to discuss the imperialist Rider Haggard's fictional accounts of mining in King Solomon's Mines, and Zulu history in Nada the Lily, examining these novels as fraught responses to the introduction of capitalist modernity. She goes on to analyse the counter-narratives of metropolitan and African resistance of feminist Olive Schreiner and black nationalist Sol Plaatje. Exploring Schreiner's much-neglected Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland, Chrisman situates this book in relation to the violent creation of 'Rhodesia', the 1896-7 Shona uprisings, and contemporary criticism of Cecil Rhodes. In doing so, she shows how Schreiner's is a much more challenging example of anti-imperialist fiction than Conrad's Heart of Darkness, published two years later. Chrisman's discussion of Plaatje's MhudiDSthe first black African novel in EnglishDSconsiders the book as a direct response to Haggard's imperialism and Schreiner's feminist theory. Locating the book through the politics and epistemology of the early ANC, she reveals how Plaatje challenges Haggard's misogyny and fatalistic historiography. Mhudi, she argues, is a novel whose nationalist and sexual politics are considerably more complex than has been recognized. Plaatje uses his narrative form to articulate both radical and liberal alternatives to white South African rule. Chrisman's book demonstrates how South Africa played an important if now overlooked role in British imperial culture, and shows the impact of capitalism itself in the making of racial, gender and national identities. This book makes an original contribution to studies of Victorian literature of empire; South African literary history; African studies; black nationalism; and the literature of resistance. ... Read more