- 3 Min Read
Leon Bukasa (1925-January 16, 1974), one of the notable figures of modern Congolese song, performed and composed during the eventful decades of the 1950s and...
- 3 Min Read
Andrew Murray Jr. (Graaff-Reinet May 9, 1828- January 18, 1917), minister of the Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk (N.G.K.), theologian, writer and educator, was the second of...
- 1 Min Read
Malcolm Raymond Dunford Mseleku (December 8, 1912-January 1961) was a Zulu poet and storyteller whose works were published in Zulu language journals and newspapers. He...
- 3 Min Read
Emile Adolphe Disengomoka (March 31, 1915- March 15, 1965), educator, civic leader, and novelist, was the first Congolese to receive his Régent Litéraire which is...
- 2 Min Read
Nicholas Julius George Ballanta-Taylor (1893-1962) was a musicologist, organist, and composer. He was born in Freetown and educated at the local Church Missionary Society (C.M.S.)...
- 5 Min Read
John Knox Bokwe (March 15, 1855-February 22, 1922) was a Xhosa missionary, educator, and musician who played a role in the foundation in 1916 of...
- 2 Min Read
Henry Masila Ndawo (1883-1949), a school teacher, novelist, poet, preserver of oral literature, political activist and writer, was born among the amaHlubi at Bethesda near...
- 2 Min Read
Thomas Pringle (January 5, 1789-December 5, 1834) was a poet and essayist whose powerful writings about the Africans of the Eastern Cape found practical expression...
- 3 Min Read
Sarah Gertrude Millin (March 1889-July 6, 1968) left Lithuania for South Africa at the age of five months during a time of Jewish emigration as...
- 3 Min Read
Jacob Hendrik Pierneef (August 13, 1886-October 4, 1957), famous South African painter, was born in Pretoria and spent most of his life there. Pierneef’s father...
