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REVIEW:
'... a most important account of daily life during the siege... an authentic voice of African participation in the war.' - John Lambert in Journal of Commonwealth and Comparative Politics 'Mafeking Diary is a revelation ... it contains a sharp-sighted view of the siege of Mafeking by a budding African intellectual and leader of his people, Solomon Plaatje, who was employed as interpreter in the Mafeking magistrate's court. Plaatje's prose is crisp, informative and gripping, and the diary makes marvellous reading.' - The Sunday Telegraph 'Mafeking Diary is an invaluable piece of work and great credit is due to the editors and publishers for reissuing it at this time. One day soon Sol Plaatje will have a statue raised in his name. He was a heroic figure.' - Justin Cartwright in The Daily Telegraph
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