Z. D. Mangoaela Explained

Zakea Dolphin Mangoaela (February 1883 in Hohobeng, Cape Colony  - 25 October 1963) was a folklorist and writer.^[1]

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).

Notes and References

1. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Z-D-Mangoaela Britannica.com: Z. D. Mangoaela