Biographies
678 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0086256 | biography | Sir Sydney Kentridge | 1922 | ✓ |
| B-0068945 | biography | Mongane Wally Serote | 1944 | ✓ |
| B-0068943 | biography | Sydney Sipho Sepamla | 1932-2007 | ✓ |
| B-0068433 | biography | Hotep Idris Galeta | 1941-2010 | ✓ |
| B-0068381 | biography | Dr Mamphela Aletta Ramphele | 1947 | ✓ |
| B-0067897 | biography | Alan Stewart Paton | 1903-1988 | ✓ |
| B-0064906 | biography | Raymond (Ray) Chikapa Enock Phiri | 1947-2017 | ✓ |
| B-0009272 | biography | Manfred Zylla | 1939 | – |
| B-0009230 | biography | Sue Williamson | 1941 | ✓ |
| B-0009228 | biography | Graeme Williams | 1961 | ✓ |
| B-0009208 | biography | Andreas Vlachakis | 1966 | – |
| B-0009163 | biography | Andrew Tshabangu | 1966 | – |
| B-0009138 | biography | Canodoise (Can) Themba | 1924-1968 | ✓ |
| B-0009101 | biography | Sylvester Stein | 1920-2015 | ✓ |
| B-0009092 | biography | Tiyo Soga | 1829-1871 | – |
Sir Sydney Kentridge
Sydney Kentridge was born in Johannesburg in 1922. He matriculated in 1938 at the King Edward VII High School. In 1941, he obtained a BA…
Mongane Wally Serote
Mongane Wally Serote was born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg on 8 May 1944, just four years before the National Party (NP) came to power in…
Sydney Sipho Sepamla
Sydney Sipho Sepamla spent most of his life in Soweto, the enormous township southwest of Johannesburg. Sepamla has been grouped with poets…
Hotep Idris Galeta
‘Cecil Galeta’ was born on 7 June 1941 and grew up in Cape Town, South Africa. However, he was more commonly known as Cecil Barnard;…
Dr Mamphela Aletta Ramphele
Mamphela Ramphele was born on 28 December 1947 in Bochum District, Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo). Her mother, Rangoato Rahab, and her…
Alan Stewart Paton
Alan Stewart Paton was born in Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu Natal on 11 January 1903. His father, James Paton, a Scottish immigrant and…
Raymond (Ray) Chikapa Enock Phiri
Raymond Chikapa (Ray) Phiri was born in 1947 in Nelspruit (present-day Mbombela) in Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga). He grew up with a…
Manfred Zylla
“I use art as a tool to confront reality. I use art as a tool to get to know the world in which I live. And I use art as a tool to…
Sue Williamson
Sue Williamson was born in Litchfield, England in 1941. Her family immigrated to South Africa in 1948. Williamson studied at the Art…
Graeme Williams
Williams completed his Bachelor of Science majoring in Geology and Statistics at the University of Cape Town. For him photography was a…
Andreas Vlachakis
Vlachakis is a professional photojournalist who has been involved in the local newspaper and magazine industry since 1995. His work has…
Andrew Tshabangu
Andrew Tshabangu was born in Soweto, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africain 1966. Andrew has studied at a number of…
Canodoise (Can) Themba
Canodoise Daniel Themba (Can Themba) was born in 1924, in Marabastad, Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng),South Africa. He attended the…
Sylvester Stein
Sylvester Stein was born on 25 December in 1920 in Cape Town, and was brought up in Durban. He studied engineering at Howard College in…
Tiyo Soga
Tiyo Soga was born in 1829. He was the most famous pupil of the Lovedale missionaries. On a visit to Scotland in 1857, he became the…