Reading history in the present: Sol Plaatje's Mhudi as an allegory of the 1913 Natives' Land Act

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dc.contributor.authorThwane, Boitsheko Seboba Thato
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-31T06:08:58Z
dc.date.available2018-08-31T06:08:58Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.descriptionSubmitted in the partial fulfilment for the degree of Master of Arts to the Department of African Literature University of the Witwatersrand, 2017en_ZA
dc.description.abstractSol Plaatje’s novel Mhudi revisits prominent events detailing the relationship between the various clans that occupied the South African Landscape in the 1800’s. This story is a reflection of the conflict that arises between the different groups, how it is overcome and prospects of a new harmonious beginning. Plaatje writes his novel in the light of the occurrences in South Africa following the 1913 Natives Land Act. Plaatje uses various elements of culture and literary aesthetics to pose Mhudi as an allegory of the 1913 Natives Land Act. Literature is a carrier of culture and knowledge that can be used as a credible source to assess the past, the present and the future. Plaatje uses a story of love to elucidate how love conquers evil, the story of land and the knowledge and cultural significance it holds. Through this he highlights the wisdom that lies in the knowledge and application of culture through reverence.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianXL2018en_ZA
dc.format.extentOnline resource (53 leaves)
dc.identifier.citationThwane, Boitsheko Seboba Thato (2017) Reading history in the present: Sol Plaatje's Mhudi as an allegory of the 1913 Natives' Land Act, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, <https://hdl.handle.net/10539/25509>
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/25509
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshPlaatje, Sol. T.--(Solomon Tshekisho)--1876-1932
dc.subject.lcshSouth African literature (English)--History and criticism
dc.subject.lcshLand settlement--South Africa
dc.subject.lcshSouth Africa--History--Fiction
dc.titleReading history in the present: Sol Plaatje's Mhudi as an allegory of the 1913 Natives' Land Acten_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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