Category: Sesotho
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Geko Mofolo Prize for Outstanding Fiction in Sesotho 2019 judges announced.
The judges for the Geko Mofolo Prize for Outstanding Fiction in Sesotho 2019 have been announced. Thomas Mokopu Mofolo was a pioneer in the Southern African literary tradition. Using the pen name Thomas Mofolo, he wrote among others Moeti wa Bochabela (1907), Pitseng (1910) and Chaka (1925). Chaka is his most famous contribution as it…
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Thomas Mofolo Prize for Outstanding Sesotho Fiction launched in South Africa.
The Thomas Mofolo Prize for Outstanding Sesotho Fiction was launched by South Africa’s Geko Publishing on February 6, 2019. Thomas Mokopu Mofolo, born on 22 December 1876, in Khojane, Leribe, Lesotho, is the most important writer in the Sesotho canon. With the penname Thomas Mofolo, he pioneered African literary tradition with Moeti wa Bochabela in…