Z. D. Mangoaela

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Zakea Dolphin Mangoaela (February 1883 in Hohobeng, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa – 25 October 1963) was an African folklorist and writer.

Mangoaela grew up in Lesotho (called Basutoland at the time) and went to the Basutoland Training College.

Works

  • Lithoko tsa Marena a Basotho (The praise poems of the Basotho kings), published 1921
  • Har'a libatana le linyamatsane (Among the predators and the prey)
  • Co-authored Grammar of the Sesuto language. Bantu studies Vol. III. (Johannesburg: University of Witwatersrand press, 1927).

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