Synopsis
Secretary of the African National Congress in the Transvaal during the 1920s, teacher and interpreter, poet and musician. Composed The Dark Musician of the North and The Mendi.
First name
Moses
Last name
Mphahlele
Location of birth
Pietersburg
Moses Mphahlele was the Secretary of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Transvaal during the 1920s, he was born in Pietersburg and received his education at Kilnerton, where he graduated with a teacher's certificate. He taught for some time, then became an interpreter. Skota describes him as a political protégé of S. M. Makgatho. In the late 1920s he opposed the pro-left position of Congress president J. T. Gumede. He was a poet and musician and composed The Dark Musician of the North and The Mendi.