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Biography of eskia mphahlele drive

          My name is Es'kia Mphahlele, bom in Pretoria in , and I have been around a number of places in my life....

          Mphahlele became the first black person in South Africa to obtain an MA in literature from the University of South Africa - Cum Laude.

        1. Mphahlele became the first black person in South Africa to obtain an MA in literature from the University of South Africa - Cum Laude.
        2. Born one hundred years ago; just eight months apart, your lifelong embrace was my privilege to behold; as though you were born one.
        3. My name is Es'kia Mphahlele, bom in Pretoria in , and I have been around a number of places in my life.
        4. Es'kia Mphahlele died on 28 October , in his eighty-ninth year.
        5. His life was his truth, and this truth was shaped by the conditions in his country, South Africa.

          6. Es'kia Mphahlele

          South African writer and publisher (1919–2008)

          Es'kia Mphahlele

          His bust in the Es'kia Mphahlele
          Community Library, Pretoria

          BornEzekiel Mphahlele
          (1919-12-17)17 December 1919
          Marabastad, Pretoria, Union of South Africa
          Died27 October 2008(2008-10-27) (aged 88)
          Lebowakgomo, Limpopo, South Africa
          OccupationWriter, educationist, philosopher
          LanguageSePedi, SeTswana, SeSotho, IsiZulu, English, Afrikaans
          GenreDrama, fiction, poetry,

          Es'kia Mphahlele (17 December 1919 – 27 October 2008) was a South African writer, educationist, artist and activist celebrated as the Father of African Humanism and one of the founding figures of modern African literature.

          He was given the name Ezekiel Mphahlele at birth but changed his name to Es'kia in 1977. His journey from a childhood in the slums of Pretoria to a literary icon was an odyssey both intellectually and politically.

          As a writer, he brought his own experiences in and