Although Sol Plaatje died in 1932 with many of his hopes for South Africa unfulfilled, he has not been forgotten by his fellow South Africans. In a new edition of his biography of Plaatje, Brian Willan, one of the scholars whose work revived interest in Plaatje in the 1980s, has written the life of a great South African for the new South Africa. He has made use of newly discovered documentary sources and oral memory and given us a nuanced account of a complex life. Despite suffering many disappointments and indignities, Plaatje left his countrymen and –women a rich legacy. The centenary of Native Life in South Africa (1916), still perhaps his best-known work, was celebrated in a collection of essays which testify to that work’s profound reach and continuing relevance. Plaatje continues to speak to South Africa in a way we can all understand.

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要讲的故事

尽管 Sol Plaatje 于 1932 年去世，他对南非的许多希望都没有实现，但他的南非同胞并没有忘记他。布赖恩·威兰 (Brian Willan) 是 1980 年代重新引起人们对普拉杰的兴趣的学者之一，在他的新版普拉杰传记中，他为新南非写下了伟大的南非人的生活。他利用新发现的文献资料和口述记忆，为我们详细描述了复杂的生活。尽管遭受了许多失望和侮辱，普拉杰还是给他的同胞和妇女留下了丰富的遗产。南非土著生活一百周年（1916 年），也许仍然是他最著名的作品，在一系列文章中得到了庆祝，这些文章证明了该作品的深远影响和持续相关性。Plaatje 继续以我们都能理解的方式与南非对话。