Biographies
678 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0008084 | biography | Wilhelmina Louisa Freund | 1890-1938 | ✓ |
| B-0148466 | biography | Franco Frescura | 1946 | ✓ |
| B-0150474 | biography | Eric Magamana Lubisi | 1946-2020 | ✓ |
| B-0149649 | biography | Kenneth Alexander | 1955 | – |
| B-0008372 | biography | Sindiwe Magona | 1943 | ✓ |
| B-0151009 | biography | James Steven Mzilikazi Khumalo | 1932-2021 | ✓ |
| B-0009097 | biography | Enoch Mankayi Sontonga | 1873-1905 | ✓ |
| B-0008178 | biography | Hassan Howa | 1922-1992 | ✓ |
| B-0008287 | biography | Sydney Kumalo | 1935-1988 | ✓ |
| B-0150748 | biography | Anna Johanna Dorothea De Villiers | 1900-1979 | ✓ |
| B-0122542 | biography | Lefifi Tladi | 1949 | ✓ |
| B-0123171 | biography | Ngugi wa Thiong’o | 1938 | – |
| B-0099470 | biography | Ricardo Rangel | 1924-2009 | ✓ |
| B-0095443 | biography | Jonas Mosa Gwangwa | 1941 | – |
| B-0125504 | biography | Vicky Sampson | 1969 | ✓ |
Wilhelmina Louisa Freund
Wilhelmina Louisa Ida (Minna) Freund was born on 17 March 1890 in Holstein, Germany. She was the youngest child of John Freund and Metha…
Franco Frescura
Franco Frescura was born in Trieste, Italy, on 28 September 1946. Both his parents originally came from Fiume, today known as Rijeka, in…
Eric Magamana Lubisi
Eric Magamana Lubisi was born on 11 October 1946 in Highlands, near Eastwood in Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He was the only son and…
Kenneth Alexander
Kenneth Alexander was born on the 24th June 1955, in a garage in Limerick rd, Athlone. His parents were Dennis and Kathleen Alexander. His…
Sindiwe Magona
Sindiwe Magona was born on 23 August 1943, in the village of Gungululu in rural Eastern Cape (formerly Transkei). The first born of eight…
James Steven Mzilikazi Khumalo
A colossal figure amongst South African choral music composers and directors, Professor James Steven* Mzilikazi Khumalo was born on 20 June…
Enoch Mankayi Sontonga
Enoch Mankayi Sontonga was born in Uitenhage, Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape) around 1873 as a member of the Xhosa-speaking Mpinga clan…
Hassan Howa
Hassan Howa was born in 1922 in Cape Town, Cape Province (now Western Cape Province) into a large working-class family, one of 12 children…
Sydney Kumalo
It is appropriate that the final large scale work completed by Sydney Kumalo before his death is a three-metre high bronze figure of a Zulu…
Anna Johanna Dorothea De Villiers
Anna Johanna Dorothea de Villiers was a linguist, writer, and educator. She born on 24 December 1900 on the farm Saxenburg, Kuilsrivier…
Lefifi Tladi
The thinker, poet, and painter, Lefifi Tladi, was born in 1949 in the culturally vibrant township of Lady Selborne in Pretoria, Transvaal…
Ngugi wa Thiong’o
The academic and social activist, Ngugi wa Thiong’o is one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. He was born James wa Thiong’o Ngugi…
Ricardo Rangel
Ricardo Rangel was born on 15 February 1924 in Lourenço Marques, now Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. His mother was a black Mozambiquan…
Jonas Mosa Gwangwa
Jonas Mosa Gwangwa was born in 1941 in Orlando East, Soweto. The young Gwanga was one of many musicians mentored by Alto Saxophonist…
Vicky Sampson
Vicky Sampson was born in 1969, to Faye and Victor Sampson. Her father, Victor, was a member of the Golden City Dixies, a travelling…