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With a printing press that he brought to Kuruman, Moffat translated several religious works into Setswana, including the gospels, a book of hymns, lessons in Biblical scripture, and The Pilgrim's Progress. [26] Moffat worked on a Setswana translation of the New Testament for 23 years, from 1817 to 1840. [27] He also published a Setswana ...
Robert Brocklesby Davis died on 7 October 1980 in Charlotteville, USA, after a sudden coronary thrombosis while visiting his sister. [11] To honor his legacy, the R.B. Davis Oration was established by the Indian Psychiatric Society – Eastern Zonal Branch. [12] This oration is delivered annually at the society's conference. [12]
Sechele I a Motswasele "Rra Mokonopi" (1812–1892), also known as Setshele, was the ruler of the Kwêna people of Botswana.He was converted to Christianity by David Livingstone and in his role as ruler served as a missionary among his own and other African peoples.
The Martha's Vineyard Poetry Society, in conjunction with the Vineyard Haven Public Library, held a festive evening to inaugurate and celebrate the island's first Martha's Vineyard Poet Laureate. Since his election, MV Poet Laureate, Lee, H. McCormack has undertaken several public library poetry gatherings – as well as participating in the ...
Ditema tsa Dinoko (Sesotho for "Ditema syllabary"), also known as ditema tsa Sesotho, is a constructed writing system (specifically, a featural syllabary) for the siNtu or Southern Bantu languages (such as Sesotho, Setswana, IsiZulu, IsiXhosa, SiSwati, SiPhuthi, Xitsonga, EMakhuwa, ChiNgoni, SiLozi, ChiShona and Tshivenḓa).
Leetile Disang Raditladi (1910–1971) was a Motswana playwright and poet. He was born in Serowe and got his education in Tiger Kloof, Lovedale and Fort Hare University.A prolific author, he had his first book, a biography of Khama III, accepted for publication while still in high school at Lovedale.
Jazz was particularly important to Kgositsile's sense of black American culture and his own place in it. He saw John Coltrane, Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, B. B. King, and many others in the jazz clubs of New York, and wrote to them and of them in his poems. Jazz was crucial to Kgositsile's most influential idea: his sense of a worldwide ...
Setswana Botswana, Namibia Bakgalagadi – Baphaleng Setswana Botswana Bakgalagadi – Bashaga Setswana Botswana Bakgalagadi – Batlhaping Setswana Botswana South Africa Taung Tlhapi Bakhatla/ Bakgatla Sesotho, Setswana Lesotho, Botswana, South Africa Kgabo, Eagle Monkey Bahurutshe Bakhurutshe Setswana Botswana Tshwene/Phofu Baboon/Elands