Sol Plaatje at 150: why a pioneering South African change‑maker still inspires today
The Conversation | 08.10.2026 20:40
On 9 October 1876, Solomon Tshekisho “Sol” Plaatje was born in the rural interior of what is now South Africa. He was raised in a Setswana-speaking Barolong family and grew up on a German mission station in the then Cape Colony.
