Daniel Cornel Marivate

Reverend Dr. Daniel Cornel Marivate was a South African writer and composer[1] who wrote the first Xitsonga novel Sasavona.[2][3]

Daniel Cornel Marivate
Born(1897-02-18)18 February 1897
Valdezia, Limpopo, South Africa
Died9 October 1989(1989-10-09) (aged 92)
NationalitySouth Africa
OccupationWriter, composer, reverend
Notable work
Sasavona
Spouse(s)Bertha Manyengeni Marivate

Works

Books
  • Sasavona[4]
  • David Livingstone[5]
  • Xiloyiloyi
  • Buku ya Swivuriso

See also

Further reading
  • Solani Samson Mthombeni: The man, the village and his acoustic guitar
  • David Attwell; Derek Attridge (12 January 2012). The Cambridge History of South African Literature. Cambridge University Press. pp. 437–. ISBN 978-1-316-17513-2.
  • South African Scope. 1970.

References
  1. Lucia, Christine (2018). "General Introduction to the Mohapeloa Critical Edition". SAMUS : South African Music Studies. 36–37 (1): 178–236. hdl:10520/EJC-f186814e6.
  2. Marivate, Daniel Cornel (1936). Sasavona. Swiss Mission in S.A.
  3. Killam, Douglas; Rowe, Ruth (2010). The Companion to African Literatures. James Currey. p. 220. ISBN 9781847010193.
  4. Gérard, Albert S. (1993). Comparative Literature and African Literatures. Via Afrika. p. 215. ISBN 9780799413526.
  5. Bill, Mary C.; Mathumba, Isaac D. (2012). "Tsonga literatures: past, present and future". South African Journal of African Languages. 21 (3–4): 348–365. doi:10.1080/02572117.2001.10587484.



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