| LC control no. | n 81098811 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PR9369.3.M67 |
| Personal name heading | Mphahlele, Es'kia, 1919-2008 |
| Variant(s) | Mpakhele, EĢzekiel, 1919-2008 Mphahlele, Ezekiel, 1919-2008 |
| Associated country | South Africa |
| Associated place | Nigeria France Kenya United States |
| Birth date | 1919-12-17 |
| Death date | 2008-10-27 |
| Place of birth | Marabastad (Pretoria, South Africa) |
| Place of death | Lebowakgomo (South Africa) |
| Field of activity | African literature South African literature (English) |
| Affiliation | University of the Witwatersrand. African Studies Institute Funda Centre for Community Education |
| Profession or occupation | Authors Literature teachers Educators Political activists |
| Found in | His Down Second Avenue, 1959. His Chirundu, 1981, c1979: t.p. (Es'kia Mphahlele) Manganyi, N.C. Exiles and homecomings, c1983: t.p. (Es'kia Mphahlele) p. 298 (b. 12/17/19 in Cape Location, Pretoria) Los Angeles times WWW site, Oct. 29, 2008 (Es'kia Mphahlele; d. Monday [Oct. 27, 2008], northern South Africa, at 88; politically active South African writer) Independent online ed., Oct. 31, 2008 (Es'kia Mphahlele; b. Ezekiel Mphahlele, Dec. 17, 1919, Marabastad, Pretoria, South Africa; left South Africa in 1957; adopted the name Es'kia in 1977 on his return from exile; d. Oct. 27, 2008, Lebowakgomo, South Africa; founding figure of modern African literature who became a powerful voice in the fight for racial equality) Wikipedia, November 8, 2018 (Es'kia Mphahlele; South African writer, educationist, artist and activist, celebrated as the Father of African Humanism and one of the founding figures of modern African literature; spent twenty years in exile: in Nigeria (1957-1961), France (1961-1963), Kenya (1963-1966), Colorado (1966-1974), and Philadelphia (1974-1977); he and his family officially returned to South Africa in 1977, on the birthday of his wife Rebecca, 17 August; in 1979 he joined the University of the Witwatersrand as a senior research fellow at the African Studies Institute; he founded the department of African literature, at Wits in 1983; retired from Wits University in 1987; appointed Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors at Funda Centre for Community Education; continued teaching African literature as a visiting professor at other universities, including Harvard) |
| Associated language | eng |
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