Diphete Bopape Explained

Heniel Diphete D. Bopape (born 1957) is a South African novelist, playwright and journalist.^[1]

Biography

Bopape was born in Transvaal Province, in what today is Limpopo. He graduated with a B.A. in Psychology from Unisa in 1987. At the time he was lecturing full-time at Dr. C.N. Phatudi College.^[2] He is the owner and editor of Seipone, a vernacular newspaper in Limpopo.^[3]

Pedi; Sepedi; Northern Sotho: Lenong la Gauta (1982) pioneered the detective novel genre in Sepedi.^[4]

Works

Plays

• Pedi; Sepedi; Northern Sotho: Makgale, Pretoria: Van Schaik, 1978

Novels

• Pedi; Sepedi; Northern Sotho: Lenong la Gauta [A Golden Vulture], Pretoria: Van Schaik, 1982
• Pedi; Sepedi; Northern Sotho: Dikeledi [Tears], Pretoria: Van Schaik, 1985
• Pedi; Sepedi; Northern Sotho: Rena Magomotša, Pretoria: De Jager-HAUM, 1987

Short story collections

• Pedi; Sepedi; Northern Sotho: Bogobe bja Tswiitswii [Porridge of Tswiitswii], Pretoria: De Jager-HAUM, 1985

References

Also Goitsemodimo Bopape

Notes and References

1. Phaswane Mpe, "Bopape, Heniel Diphete D.", in Simon Gikandi, ed., Encyclopedia of African Literature. Routledge; 2002. . Online version
2. Web site: Bopape, H. D. N. Literatur im Kontext . 21 March 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110725011927/https://lic.ned.univie.ac.at/hu/node/21134 . 25 July 2011 . dead .
3. http://www.ul.ac.za/application/news_and_publications/Limpopo_Leader_1-1.pdf Limpopo Leader 1
4. Erika Terblanche, Poëtikale opvattings, citing M. J. Mojalefa & N. I. Magapa (2007), "Mystery in Sepedi detective stories", Literator 28(1), April: 121-140.