328pp., illus., maps, paperback, New Edition, Johannesburg (1973) 2023
New edition of Sol Plaatje's diary of the siege of Mafeking (1899-1900) during the Anglo-Boer War. His is the only diary of the war written by a black South African to have survived.
Journalist, interpreter, author and politician Sol Plaatje (1876-1932) is also the author of Native Life in South Africa and Mhudi.