Es’kia Mphahlele (1919-2008)

South Africa’s preeminent man of letters and philosophy, Es’kia Mphahlele, born Ezekiel Mphahlele in Marabastad (the “Sophiatown of Pretoria”) in 1919, has died. [Photo: AP Photo/Simon Mathebula, Sunday Times, 2003].

Read the Tribute by the National Library of South Africa