| LC control no. | n 50000382 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PL8689.9.M57 |
| Personal name heading | Mofolo, Thomas, 1877-1948 |
| Variant(s) | Mofolo, Thomas Mokopu, 1877-1948 |
| Located | Lesotho |
| Birth date | 1877 |
| Death date | 1948-09-08 |
| Place of birth | Lesotho |
| Place of death | Teyateyaneng (Lesotho) |
| Profession or occupation | Authors Businesspeople |
| Found in | His Chaka. 1931. Traveller to the east, [1907?] : t.p. (Thomas Mofolo) prelim. (1877-1948) Dictionary of South African Biography, Vol. I, 1968: p. 550 (Mofolo, Thomas Mokopu; b.Aug. 2, 1875; d. Sept. 8, 1948; Southern Sotho author) Wikipedia WWW site, Feb. 11, 2011 (Thomas Mokopu Mofolo; b. Dec. 22, 1876; d. Sept. 8, 1948; most popular book 'Chaka') Dictionary of African Biography, accessed February 26, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Mofolo, Thomas Mokopu; fiction writer, entrepreneur, social historian / commentator; born 1877 in Khojane, Lesotho; baptized in church of Paris Evangelical Missionary Society; studied at Mountain School in Morija; worked at Morija Book Depot (1899-1910); wrote three novels which were translated in several languages; labor-recruiting agent for mines (1912); bought steam engine, opened milling business (1916); opened general store (1926), sold it in 1937; suffered poverty and ill-health (1940-1948); died 8 September, 1948 in Teyateyaneng, Lesotho) |
| Equivalent(s) | Mofolo, Thomas, 1875-1948 |
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