Tiyo Soga

Tiyo Soga

male, deceased (1871)
presbyterian church, bible, hymn, composer, Presbyterian, journalist…Xhosa, Xhosalanguage
Tiyo Soga (1829 - August 12 1871) was a South African journalist, minister, translator and composer of hymns. He translated John Bunyan's "The...

Ian Roberts

male, 57 years old
from the Eastern Cape Province, Anglo-South African, from Eastern Cape Province, Old Andreans, Xhosalanguage, Anglo-South Africans…Xhosa
Ian Roberts (b. 1952) is a South African actor, playwright and singer. A native English speaker, he is also fluent in Afrikaans and Xhosa.

William Wellington Gqoba

male, deceased (1888)
poet, South African, journalist, pastor, Translator, alice…Xhosa, Xhosalanguage, The Xhosa Messenger, Xhosa literature
William Wellington Gqoba was a South African Xhosa poet, translator, and journalist. He was a major nineteenth-century Xhosa writer, whose...
Marcia Brown

Marcia Brown

female, 91 years old
German, Marcia Joan Brown, The Little Carousel, Cornwall High School, New York State College for Teacher, Afrikaans language…Xhosalanguage, Japanese language, spanish language, Xhosa-Bantu
Marcia Joan Brown (born July 13, 1918 in Rochester, New York) is an American children's author and illustrator of more than 30 children's books....

Makhanda

male
Christian, Keiskamma River, Charles Somerset, Afrikaans language, Xhosalanguage, Links…Xhosa
Makhanda (d. 1820) (also known as "Nxele" in Xhosa or "Links" in Afrikaans, both words meaning "left-handed") was a Xhosa warrior-prophet. He...