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Z. D. Mangoaela
South African folklorist and poet
Also known as: Zakea Dolphin Mangoaela
Quick Facts
- Born:
- February 1883, Hohobeng, Cape Colony [now Cape of Good Hope], South Africa
- Died:
- October 25, 1963 (aged 80)
Z. D. Mangoaela (born February 1883, Hohobeng, Cape Colony [now Cape of Good Hope], South Africa—died October 25, 1963) was a Southern Sotho writer and folklorist whose early work set the stage for much South African indigenous literature. Mangoaela grew up in Basutoland (now Lesotho), where he received his primary education, later attending the Basutoland Training College, where he received a teaching certificate in 1902. As teacher and minister he worked at the Koeneng Mission School, meeting another early pioneer writer from Basutoland, E.L. Segoete, who was pastor there. From 1910 he taught and worked at Morija, a mission station, ...(100 of 191 words)