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Dear t". a the he.,

I write to you to inform you that I am revising and enlarging the 3rd. edition of the African Register. I enclose hero in conies of cress reviews on the first edition. The bo k I an now pre­paring vill be nuch bi ger and better then the last -'•vo editions. In size, and yjality, it will compare veil with the European ho's who. It will contain

es, printed on super calender • Lth the b e t b0 ok cover.

I am eliminating the less important persons to make room for many of the most important persons in the Continent. It is natural that we should want the best people we have in South Africa, so as to compare favourably with the. other* Countries up north.

You have played such an important part in the educational,religious and social' life of ahis town that the book could not be eo"olete afithoyt you. I therefore ask you to trite a short biography of yourself in the second person, and forward sane to ® as early as possible. Please s.nd also a passport nice photograph of yours.

I would like the book to be published in February or larch 1961. As the Continent is so big I am working at top speed as I would like some of the matter to be in the Press by th: end of this month.

I hope to hear from you soon, -and I than.c you in advance,

Sincerely yours,

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My dear Dr. Du Bo is, . letter from somebodyYon are receiving a le - through your

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s s x « 'vou was your interview witn nx AfriCan Register. The tirsuycomhllngythe third edition^ ^ “ “ graphical Dictionary, pdition came out in 193D* „ . up Black. Folks in oneecho's who) and Organisations of the Blac Dossible the wholeContinent of Africa. It covers be'interested in itcontinent of Africa. I amsu:re y are out of print. ItWhen it comes out. The other ed then the first twois"going to be much better and bigg informed untileditions• ^ " o s s ^ l f “n V w o ^ r ‘thlee^onths .vou see the book, possiai, .

One other reason ofJ V - ^ ^ V a v eto you, is to get, if ’th)»e children. A boy of -i’a sister. She is the mother o - ^ - ^ ^ son is working for^ g ^ C o S S c i l . " * sister too is do m g < « % .City Council-.The eldest daughter « aegr.ee. The youngerGhe is oreoaring for ner Master runl lpee in B a s u t o l a n d . This is daughter was in Roma Unversity College^ to san(J her there

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My dear Mr Skota,It was a pleasant surprise to receive your letter

informing me about your life.I had no idea that you ere still alivr as many ox our Dig guns have left this gioue,Indeed I am so pleased Our names nave oecome scarce in trie press for many good reasons. One of them is because the members of the younger generation do hot care to get an advice from their eiders.Another one is because the control of the preso in this Qun ory is in the hands of those who want to dictate as to the policy oi the Newspapers.We oi the old school oi tnought win not oe prepared to be dictated to.

With $ h i e matter of your request that I should write about the lives oi the late Mi* Cienets Kaualie ana Masabaiaia.This I am willing to do.I have not much knowledge oi Mr Masabalctla.il you know any oody who may Know him better I would stand down for him. With regards to my iriend Mr Kaualie I am quite prepared to contribute.My oniy tear is that you want to give me a very short time Decause you say the time is short.You may not know that Mrs Kadaiie is in England and to do justice to the lite ox her husbciid I would have to communicate with her.In the circumstances please write and iniorm me what time I have at my disposal.Who will writeabout the liie of Solomon Ka Dinusulu ? Dr.John L.Dube ?With my best regards to you.I congratulate you once more.

Yours faithfully

P.O. Box 80,Serowe,Bechuanaland Protectorate.

4th November 1961.

Mr. T* D. Mweli Skota, ____ 'P.O. Box 3210, ' ""JOHANNESBURG.

Dear Mr. Skota,I thank you very much for your letter, which I received

this week, asking me to write a biography on ray grandfather. I would

very much like to do this, but unfortunately at the moment, I am never

in any one place long enough, to take on things of this sort.I very much appreciate the honour, of having been asked.

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BAH SS SALAAMf n s born on 12th January, 1925* I» thayear 1933 I wont to a day school at Klohwele Street, Bar oa Salaam (now known as Independence Street), and studied there until 1942* I then went to St. /Joseph's School and studied there for two year®. I could not Continue with ray studies because of the death of ay father in 1943*I therefore had to give up w studies at the end of 1943 as there was4no one to pay ay school fees for me.

In the year 1944 1 took up sn appointment as a dark in the Department of Lands and Sines, Aa 1 had an aptitude for learning I read the subject of Rotate Management through a correspondence course with the School of Technology, Kensington, London, where I graduated as an Estate Agent in 1957*

I was during the years of «y studies, a keen promoter of black nationalism} I was a member of tbs Tanganyika African Association from 1948 where I served as its Assistant Secretary Oenoral, and In the year 1954» when the political party was renamed the Tanganyika African Rational Union, I nerved on its Central Committee which ia the body performing executive functions for the party,

I was eleoted a Member of Parliament fbr the constituency of Kisarawe in I960, and appointed a Cabinet Minister on 1st May, 1961 - a position which I have continued to hold until today.

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Mr. T.B.M. Skota, P.O. Pimville,J OHANNESBURG.

Dear Mr. Skota,

I am glad to have had the opportunity of talking to you when you came into the office.

I was also extremely interested in the assignment with which you are busy at the moment. There is a very real need for a "Who's Who" of the African Continent, a work which would embrace a tremendous amount of research and. which would be invaluable to all inhabitants throughout Africa.

To a very large extent the focus of world opinion is centred today on the Continent of Africa, and. as a result of this, as well as for other reasons, it is essential that all people should have an intimate knowledge of the inhabitants of Africa. Therefore, while your work will be of value to all of us who live in Africa, it will also be of extreme interest and importance to people in other parts of the world.

You told me that you have already published two editions of the Survey of Africa in the early 50's and that these were successful enterprises.

I hope that this venture will be equally and even more successful than the previous two and I look forward to reading it and possessing a copy of it once it is completed.

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The African Register,M a c o s a H o u s e ,J O H A N N E S B U R G , ,

Dear Sir,

This is to acknowledge recept of your letter of the 26thinst., for wich I must thank you most heartedly, I shall give you a picture of my life from boyhood to this my fortieth year, but will be condensed as brief as possible as I am not a journalist you will have to do some corre­ctions here and there.

My full names are Charles Taolana Litsoako Chakela, born alittle before Easter week-end I always estimate my birth day to be in thefirst five days of April 1922, my parents were uneducated and dates were not as important as we regard them today. My father worked in the Reef Mines his younger brother died in the Main Reef Mine in 1933 when there was a general starvation in Basutoland, to be seen eating porridge was regarded ss very important, we used to have practically nothing to eat except one type of called Moseka in Sesuto, that was our stable food or seldom have a dead ox as they m m were dying like flies as the whole Country was dry and water wasso scares, and life was difficult to human beings and to the animals as well but we were bound, to go to School to learn in order to get ready for a better opportunity in life as we grow up, the School was five miles away "St Monica's" where I obtained my Intermediate Education.

My father was working for £2 per month in the mines and this was not improving the situation at all my fees were in arreas and my mother could not afford to buy me excerei.se books I had to repeat them after rubbing all what I wrote the previous day,as for clothing you can just read through these lines that if your parents can not afford to buy you excereise books how can they dress you up.I shall never forget when at the age of 10 I had to runaway from home and look for employment in the nearest O.F.S. town Ficksburg where I worked afbrick "orks, my job as a small boy was to drive a donkey that pushes a mixing machine to prepare mud for the brick makers, ray salary was 6/- per month that enabled me to buy some excercises and books, when I returned to School I was in a better possition for few months. My parents could not coupe up with my ambit ir­on to get educated it was rather too expensive for them and after the death of grand-mother I was forced by circumstances to be adopted by my mother's brother who lived near St monica's Mission here i/rauch nearer School and I paid my lodging fey working from 3.Q0 am, helping to plough and milking the cows cutting some forage for horses, and at times herd the cattle and miss my studies for weeks but 1 persevered and always topped my class as a result I passed my Std I with flying colors and Teachers felt I must be taken to Std III instead of II, thi^was to my advantage as my parents could not afford ray School expenses.

Now to continue with my studies was becoming impossible and I had to go to Johannesburg to look for employment I got a job at the Building Contractors James Thompson Ltd., we were building the famous Anglo American building just opposit the New Magistrates Court in Johannesburg where I worked from 1937-39 my job here was to look for waisted nails pick them up and stra'ghten them up and give them back to the Carpenters for use, my wages was 12/- "per week and ss I stayed in the Location I was paying my train fare and buying some food and I later found a room to be amongst those who look after the tools at night and slept in town I increased my wages by cooking Maheu^'ancf *sell to the workers atday time a 4gallons tin gave me abuot 5/— or 6/— if they don't cheat me ,this encouraged me to take private studies and I enroled to the Efficiency Correspondence College for my Junior Certificate and the Sinior Cert., here I learned a number of languages i,e, English, Afrikaans, Zulu, f i i o z a , S e c h u a n a ,Shangaan,all

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N I G E R I A

19th June, 1962

Editor,African Register, Editorial Office,Room 109,F irs t Floor,Macosa House, Commissioner Street, Johannesburg,Republic of South A frica .

Dear Sir,

In response to your request, I have not written any

book, but I hope the attached w ill meet the purpose o f your

register.

Yours faithf ully,

Francis Akanu Ibiam

IBIAM, SIR FRANCIS AKANU, K „B .E C, cr.1951 (O .B .E . 1949} Medical

Missionary with the Church of Scotland Mission, Calabar, N igeria,

since 1936 (at present on leave of absence while Governor of Eastern

N igeria ). Principal, Hope Waddell Training Institution, Calabar, 1957-

1960; b. Uuwana, Afikpo Division, N igeria, 29th November, 1906;

s. of late Ibiam Aka Ibiam and late Alu Owora; m. 1939, Eudora

Olayinka Sasegbon; one s, two d. Educated, Hope Waddell TRaining

Institution, Calabar; King*s College, Lagos; University of St. Andrews,

Scotland. Started and built up new Hospital in Abiriba, Bende Division,

under Calabar Mission, 1936-45; Medical Superintendent, C .S .M .

Hospital, Itu, 1945-48; C .S .M . Hospital, Uburu, 1952-57. M .L .C .,

N igeria, 1947-52; M .E .C ., N igeria, 1949-52; Retired from Politics,

1953. Trustee: Presbyterian Church of N igeria, 1945- ; The Queen

Elizabeth Hospital, Umuahia-Ibeku, 1953- ; Scout Movement of Eastern

N igeria, 1957- ; Mem.Bd. of Governors: Hope Waddell Training

Institution, Calabar, 1945-6G; The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 1950-60;

Member, Provisional Council o f the University College, Ibadan, 1948-54;

Member, P rivy Council, Eastern N igeria, 1954-60; President, Christian

Council of N igeria, 1955-58; Member, Calabar Mission Council, 1940-60

(Now integrated with Church); Member, Administrative Committee of

International Missionary Council, 1957- ; Chairman, Provisional

Committee of the A ll A frica Churches Conference, 1958- ; Chairman,

Council of the University College, Ibadan, N igeria, 1958-60; Member,

Education Authority of the Presbyterian Church of N igeria, 1940- ;

Member, Missionaries* Committee, Medical Board, and Standing

Committee of Synod of the Presbyterian Church of N igeria; Chairman,

Advanced Training Fund Management Cte. of Synod; Elder, Presbyterian

Church of N igeria, 1940.

Governor, Eastern N igeria, 1960- ;Recreations: Reading,Address: State House Enugu, N igeria.

Francis Akanu Ibiam 21st June, 1961,

OBWAK.ABAKA BW’E BUG AN DA

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION. P.O. Box 2012,

K am pala , U ganda.

Your Ref:

This Ref: CM /AKM

iT.th July

The Editor,Illustrated National Biographical Dictionary, Roes 109, First Floor,

Macosa House,Coamissiener Street,JOHANNESBURG.South Africa.

Dear Sir,

I have keen directed hy Mr. A. K. Mayanja to forwardto you the attached article on his life which you asked for in your undated circular letter.

Yours faithfully

PRIVATE SECRETARY, MINISTER OF EDUCATION

CURRICULUM VITAL OF MR. A. K. MAYMJA

NAME: ABUBAKAR KAKYAMA MAYANJABORN: 29th August, 1929 at Zziba, Uganda.

My father, Abdalla Kakyama came from an old family but his circumstances were changed through the role he played in the religious civil war of the previous century. He was a devout Muslim, who supported the losing side in the civil war. During the 1900 settlement, all offices of state and land went almost exclusively to the victorious Christians of the Catholic and Protestant Denominations. Kakyama, therefore, had to make a fresh start in life and when I was born, he was a peasant farmer-cum— trader of about 60 years with 'a large family that already included grand children.

My mother, Maimona Kayaga, was the youngest of my father’s many wives. (She was, in fact, younger than my eldest half- sister). By the time I began to understand things, all the other wives, except my mother, had either left my father or died, so that I grew up in a practically monogamous household. My mother bore my father four girls and two boys.

I started my education in the old African style, that is to say, I received instructions in good manners, courage, fortitude and folklore from my illiterate parents, brothers and sisters. I also looked after goats and when I was about seven, I started helping my parents in their trading activities.I was very quick at numbers, though not quicker than my father, who at all times even after I had learned the multiplication tables, would work out sums in his head quicker than I could on paper. My father's trading activities consisted of buying water-pots which were made in Buvuma Island and brought by canoe to a "Port" which was four miles from our home. The pots would arrive from the island on Friday; we would buy them and carry them on our heads to our home on Friday, and then take them to the market four miles on the other side the

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following Monday. Thus, the operation involved shifting the pots over a distance of over eight miles on our heads.

After a year or so of this, I went to stay with my cousin who was married to a Mullah in order to receive instructions in Koranic studies, hut my health deteriorated after a year of this and my mother decided to take me hack to our home and it was due to this accident (i.e. of not feeling well at my cousin’s) that I went to school.

I first went to Kgogwe Primary School in 19U0 when I was eleven. By then, I had taught myself to read and write in Luganda. In 19i|i+ I passed the Primary Leaving Examination with the highest result in the Protestant schools and was awarded a scholarship to King's College Budo, then, as now, the most exclusive school in Uganda. In 19U7 at the suggestion of Mr.E. K. K, Sempehwa, who was my Form Master, I was "jumped" one class and this marked a turning point in my life, because later in that year, my father died and had I not jumped this class,I would have stopped my education then and there. I left Budo in 1949 and passed the Makerere College Entrance Examination and the Cambridge School Certificate Examination with five distinctions and three creidts, which was then, the highest pass which anybody in East Africa had reached in that examina­tion. 1950-52, Makerere College. We were the first degree year and I read History, English and Mathematics for my Intermediate Course. At the end of the first two years, I was awarded the Governor’s Prize which was awarded to the best student in the Faculty of Arts. In August 1952, I was expelled for leading the "mammoth revolution" which was our glorified phrase for the students’ food strike.

At Makerere, I was Secretary of the Students Council as well as serving on many committees of college societies in various capacities. I never excelled in games either at school or at college; in fact, this was perhaps the main blemish on my scholastic career.

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October 1953-57* I was at King's College, Cambridge where I took an Honours Degree in History and Law. Here, I took part in students' activities hut I never joined the Union, a fact which merely I regretted when it was too late. But I was Secretary of the African Student Club and first President of the University Bandung Society formed immediately after the,first Afro-Asian Conference held in Bandung. In 195&* I was in London doing the Bar Examinations. Here, I took a really active part in African student politics for the first time and the result was the formation of the Committee of African Organisations of which I was the first Chairman.

POLITICAL CAREER

My introduction to politics was in January, 19U5 when I had to cycle 50 miles from home to Budo because of the strike (No. 8) which affected transport and which was the first manifestation of modern political nationalism in Uganda. I remember stopping near the Kabaka's Palace, though exhausted after the ride, and listening to a speech by somebody whom I do not now remember. In 19U9» I was again involved in the riot of that year (No. 9) again accidently when I was going home on a holiday. This time I knew what it was about, and my sympathies were with the "hooligans" as they were called.

In March 1952, Mr. I. K. Musazi - "father of Uganda nationalism" - invited me to be one of the founder of the Uganda National Congress and I became the first Organising - and only - Secretary of that organisation when I was still a student at Makerere. (This caused something of a stir in the European Press in East Africa).

Upon expulsion from Makerere, I continued as Secretary- General of the Uganda National Congress and also I was the Education and Information Officer of the Federation of Uganda African Farmers Limited of which Mr. Musazi was also the President-General - he being President-General of the U.N.C.

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as well. When I went to England for* studies, I retained my place in the U.N.C. Executive, and I was then the organisation's representative in the U.K. In 1958, I was a delegate and a member of the preparatory committee of the first All African Peoples' Conference held in Accra. On my return from England in M ay 1959, I tried to help in the reorganisation of the TJ.N.C. and worked very closely with Mr. Obote as Secretary of the reorganised U.N.C. of which he was the President-General. But by then, largely due to the attitude of the Kabaka's Government which disapproved of political parties, the U.N.C. had disappeared from Buganda and had become, to all intents and purposes, restricted to the Northern and the Eastern Provinces. I then believed, as I still believe, that the way to solving problems of achieving independence, lay in arraying the fears of Buganda and reconciling the aspirations of what was then called the tradiona- list forces in Buganda with the nationalist forces elsewhere in Uganda. I saw myslef as providing a bridge between Buganda and the rest of the country. When, therefore, His Highness the Kabaka appointed me to a ministerial post in his Government,I accepted, but this, in the circumstances of the time, meant that I could not play any active role in my party which had then amalgamated with the Uganda Peoples Union, the Western Province Party in the Legislative Council, to form the Uganda Peoples Congress. Wehn efforts to make the U.P.C. acceptable to the Kabaka's Government appeared to have failed, I, together with my friends, conceived the idea of forming another party which, ab initio, would have the support and confidence of the Kabaka’s Government. It was then hoped that this party would forge a working association with the U.P.C. in order to overcome, the problem of lack of unity. Accordingly, we found the United N National Party which, however, came to grief even before it was born. With the death of the U.N.P. there was nothing left but to start again making the U.P.C. acceptable to Mengo.

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At this time, more powerful hands had taken on the task, with the result that we have the Uganda Peoples Congress/Kahaka Yekka alliance and that alliance has provided the unity which has made independence on 9th October, 1962 possible.

During the previous Lukiko election, I was the chief organiser and coordinater of the Kabaka Yekka campaign. I attended the Uganda Independence Conference, 1962.

TRAVEL

In 19U7 I visited India for six weeks at the invitation of the Indian Government and met Prime Minister Nehru, President Prasad and Vice President Radhkrisnan, who is now the President, together with many other leaders in all walks of life.

In 1958 I visited Ghana and passed through other parts of West Africa. I also visited China at the invitation of the Chinese People's Friendship Council there.

In 1959 I visited the Soviet Union at the invitation of the Soviet Peace Committee and later the same year, I visited the United States at the invitation of the State Department.I have also visited most countries in Europe and the Middle East

The person who has perhaps most influenced my political thinking (as distinct from my political activity) was the late George Padmore whom I met in 1953 and with whom I remained on close terms until his death in Ghana. He was, in his day, perhaps the best informed single person on the problems of political Africa. He had an excellent library and knew most African leaders personally. Being uncommitted to any particular African country, he was a Pan-Africanist in evei*y sense. I think in his home at Mornington Crescent, he could see the whole of Africa as a unit, and he did impart to me that image which I have retained, despite my being engaged on the problems of a particular dot of Africa, right up to the present moment.

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SOCIAL

I am not married. I like gatherings of people of anykind. I enjoy both ''intellectual parties" and the "danceparties". I read a lot mostly as a recreation, hut also forinformation. I used to write articles for newspapers andperiodicals hut. I can’t fit this in very much. I have greatinterest in the activities of the Society of African Culture(presence £^tbaine) and I am at the moment trying to coordinateand mobilise opinion in Uganda in support of the EncyclopaediaAfricans project. Though not a scholar, I am very much interested

Win all weritis of scholarship fln Africa and have the privilege of knowing quite a number of eminent workers in this field in Europe, America and Africa.

SUMMARY

BORN: 1929 - August 29th.FATHER: Abdalla Kakyama, peasant farmer.

Died 19 +7,* mother alive.EDUCATION: Ngogwe Primary School, 19UO-L14-

King’s College, Budo 19h5-h9 Makerere University

College 1950-52King's College,

Cambridge 1953-57Lincoln’s Inn 1957-59°

QUALIFIACTIONS: M.A.; Barrister-at-Law.PRESENT POSITION: Minister of Education, H.H. Kabaka’s Government.POLITICAL LIFE: 1952 Founder/Secretary, Uganda National

Congress1957/8 Founder/Chairman, Committee of

African Organisations, London.1958 Delegate, All African People’s

Conference,1960-62 As Minister of Education, tried to

bring Buganda to understanding with the new "political/nationalist" forces in the country.

1962 - Delegate, Uganda Independence Conference, London.

1962 February - Organised the Kabaka Yekkaelection campaign.

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W ith the compliments of

THE TANGANYIKA MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS

Hon. A. Z. NSILO SWAI

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BIOGRAPHY

Born of Lutheran Chagga parents at Machama Nkuu on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro on 20th April, 1925. Am first-born of family of eight; seven sisters.

1936 Educated at Machame Primary School. Was Prefect.

1943 Old Moshi Secondary School. Was Prefect too.

1945 Read Science and Mathematics at Makerere College,the University College of East Africa.

Joined Institute of Education, Makerere College. Was elected member and Secretary of Students Council.

Awarded Diploma in Education (East Africa).

1951 Taught mainly Science and Mathematics in SecondarySchools.

Joined politics full time as Secretary-General of the now defunct Kilimanjaro Union. Kilimanjaro Union was a socio-political movement that operated in the Northern Province. One of its affiliates was the Meru Citizens Union which petitioned both the Trustee­ship Council and the General Assembly on the "Meru Land Case" as from 1952.

September; Appointed Assistant Warden at Makerere College.

Went to India to read Political Science and Econo­mics at Bombay and New Delhi Universities. In June 1953 awarded B. A. (Economics Honours), Delhi Univer­sity. Returned home August 1958.

September; General Manager Meru Co-operative Union, a multi-purpose co-operative union, but dealing mostly in coffee.

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Elected Provincial Chairman of the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) for the Northern Province. Thus automatically becoming a member of the National Executive Committee of TANU, and at the Annual Delegates Conference, the supreme authority of the Party.

Joined the Party Headquarters full time staff as Chairman of Economic and Social Development Committee.

Was delegate to All-African Peoples Conference held at Tunis, Accra and the Afro-Asian Solidarity Conference held at Conakry.

March - July; Attended the 1st Institute of Econ.Social and Industrial Development of Under-Developed Countries organized by the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs of Pittsburgh University, Pennsylvania.

Spent two weeks in Puerto Rico for field work.

Mid-July; Returned home to fight for election to the Legislature. Was returned unopposed the same month as the Member for Arusha Constituency.

August; Represented my Government at the Malagasy Republic Independence Celebrations.

Attended the Independent African Foreign Ministers Conference on the Congo in Leopoldville as an observer.

September; Appointed Cabinet Minister for Commerce and Industry on Tanganyika attaining Responsible Govern­ment status.

October; Accompanied the then Chief Minister, Hon.Julius Nyerere, to the Nigerian Independence celebra­tions and a short visit to Ghana.

January-February; Accompanied the then Chief Minister Hon. Julius Nyerere for a State Visit to the Federal Republic of Germany.

March; Head of Tanganyika Delegation to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Conference in Addis Ababa.

May; Attended Tanganyika Constitutional talks and the East African High Commission Services talks which

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resulted in the establishment of East African Common Services Organisation in London,

July; Addressed the Trusteeship Council. On return home appointed Member of the Central Legislative Assembly which legislates for Kenya, Tanganyika and Uganda for the East African Common Services Organi­sations The nucleus of an East African Federation.

Accompanied Premier Nyerere for a visit to President Kennedy, his Cabinet and the World Bank.

August; Elected National Treasurer of TANU by the National Executive Committee.

September: Represented Premier Nyerere at a Seminaron "Portuguese Colonialism" held in New Delhi.

January; Appointed Cabinet Minister of Health and Labour.

March; Appointed Cabinet Minister Without Portfolio and Head of the Tanganyika Delegation to U. N.

Am now National Treasurer of TANU, and elected Member of Parliament, a Cabinet Minister and Head of the Tanganyika Delegation to the United Nations.

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Mr. T.B. Mweli Skota, 17, Commissioner Street JOHANNESBURG.Bear Sir,

Thanks very x much for your letter. I would be very much plea­sed to have a copy of your book.In reply to your letter, it is a pleasure for me to inform you that I wrote some poems in Northern Sotho which were included in Ur. van Zyl*s book " Praises in Northern Sotho", which is now a standadised work as

In 1954, I wrote a Poetry bo&k called " MERE MOPOLLETSI"which means ( One who sings poems).This book contai|s historical traditional ballads, narrative poems, lyrics and songs in Northern Sotho of the Transvaal, praising either the tribe or Eh&±E chief or veteran etc., There are short and long ones.It is a prescribed book for J.C. and Higher Courses.I hope I have satisfied your requirements.Thank you.

a text book.

yours faithfully,

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21.10 63,Phone Nurabdr 763-5211

Mr. T.D. Skota,109.First Floor,Macosa House,17 Commissioner Street,JOHANNESBURG.

Bear Mr. Skoto,

Excuse my delay in replying to your letter. I was away on holiday.

I have written articles on such subjects as "Are Africans Cursed?"

"Christianity and African Natipnalism" "Is there Life after death?" "Christianity

and dace" "Is God Black or White"?

I have also written quite a number of articles on contemporary Africa

"Lumumba Traitor or Patriot"? "Sekou Toure Communist or Pan Africanist?"

I have been working as a journalist since 1958. I have written hundreds of

articles both on Christiah and secular subjects. I wish to express ray deepest

appreciation to you for the good work you have done for Africans through

"African Register". I have not seen your work,but it sounds good. I am prepared

to give you any information you may need about myself and ray writings.

Could you please make it possible for us to meet. Please also give me your phone number.

Trusting to hear from you soon,

I am,

Yours faithfully,

S.E.M.Pheko. (

Tel. 34-4126/7 1009 ttis Majesties Building,Eloff Street,

g t /jm b /h Johannesburg.

Mr. T.B.M. Skota,P.0. Box 3210,JO'Jd JCESBURG. 22nd February, 1963.

Dear Mr. Skota,

I was very glad to see you again the other day and to know that you are progressing well with the information required for your new book. I forgot to ask you when this would be published and would be grateful if you could let me have this information.

With regard to the African Chamber of Commerce, you will recall that I showed you correspondence proving that i initiated the Chamber in 1954. Incidentally, I had been trying to get in touch with Mr. Nchona with a view to interesting him in Batfair, and although two appointments were made neither were kept.

Mot long after I started negotiations with the African Chamber of Commerce and Mr. MaVimbela of the Eastern Native Township, I persuaded the Johannesburg Junior Chamber of Commerce to start giving lectures to African traders at the Orlando Training Centre under the guidance of Mr. G. Tabor. These were highly successful and so far as I know the courses are still in operation. I also interested the National Development Foundation and they are still; very "'active.

The Africa Market Research Services (Pty.) Ltd. has been registered for the purpose of carrying out market research amongst the Bantu. One of the functions of . this nex-r Company .will be to provide vocational guidance for Africans and we intend then to operate an employment agency to help Africans find jobs suitable for their qualifications.

Yours sincerely,

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Revel. Edward Lekgan an©, Ho. 1 Zion City, lorla, P. 0. Boyne, Pieteraburg.

Dear Revd. Lekgany&ne,I write to informs ■. ou that I have written

a book, which must be printed aa soon as possible. You will see in the enclosed prospectus that 1 have written about a number of Churches in the Transvaal, It may be that you might like the history of your Church included In this book, if so, please writ© and tell me, and as soon as I get your written history it will be Included in the book. This is the third book that I have written.

My first book appeared In 1950 under the title African Yearl Register. The second, edition of the same book appeared in 1932. The present will be printed under this title : The African Pioneers Biographical Dictionar• and Classified Director 1963, The issue will be 10,000 copies of 334 pages.

Pleas© let mo know by return post if you are Interested, thanks In advance,

Sincerely yoursT, D, Mweli Skota

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Dear Mr, Molrwena,I had very high hopes that by now I would

have the natter about you and your good wife, as promised,We are busy correcting proofs, so we are very near the end of preparing for the printing of the book. Do, please do let r. . have your biography and your wife’s toget er with your photos. May I expect theta by, say Monday or Tuesday afternoon ?Please, I thank you in advance,

Sincerely yours,

T. D. Mweli Skota

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P . 0 . Box 192,

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13thJune, 1964*

The E d i t o r ,

A f r ic a n R e g is te r ,

P. 0 . Box 3210,

JOHANNESBURG.

Dear S i r ,

H aving n o tic e d yo ur advertisem ent in The W orld ( DAILY NEWSPAPER) o f

the 12th i n s t . , about im portant A fric a n s in remote p a rts o f T ra n s v a a l to be

in c lu d e d in yo u r N a tio n a l B io g ra p h ic a l D ic t io n a ry (Who’ s Who), I w ish to a v a il

m yself o f th e o p p o rtu n ity to be in c lu d e d .

I enclose h e re w ith my photo and sh o rt b io g ra p h ic a l sketch.

As a keen w r it e r o f the S h o rt S to r ie s which o fte n appear in th e issues

o f m onthly m agazines, and whose such a r t ic le s are read by thousands o f people ,

I th e re fo re hope t h is b iography w i l l in te r e s t many readers who speak

N g u n i’ s Language and whose eagerness to know more about me.

I was born on the 19th January, 1957 in Paul P ie te rs b u rg , but l e f t e a r ly

in 1940 f o r Waschbank the d i s t r i c t o f Dundee N a ta l. I f i r s t went to school

in Waschbank Government School where I was a p u p il j.or a p e rio d o f 7k/e a r‘J *

Th e re a fte r I attended th e Ladysm ith Secondary S ch o o l, and l e f t at the end o f

19 57 . I co u ld not go any fu r th e r w ith my s tu d ie s because o f my f a t h e r ’ s i l ln e s s

which caused th e shortage o f my school n e c e s s it ie s .

A f te r leaving school I was employed by '/-'the Non-European H o s p ita l,, Box 192,

G erm iston. S ince then I have been w orking here as a c le r k ... *

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I have done my O f f ic e C le r k ’ s Course through p r iv a te s tu d ie s and, am s t i l l

fu r th e r in g my e d u ca tio n .

Besides being a sh o rt s to ry w r it e r , I a lso have devoted a l l my energy in

th e course o f w r i t in g m an uscriptio n f o r hooks. I have ju s t f in is h e d a copy

o f the book. The t i t l e o f t h is book i s ’ I3IB0NEL0 BSIHLK, MAZULUi * which

means, A GOOD LESSON, ZULUS. T h is book is w r it te n in Z u lu . I t has been

c r i t ic is e d by the Department o f In fo rm a tio n a s s is te d by the U n iv e r s it y o f

South A f r ic a in P re to ria * and i t has, however, found f i t f o r p u b lic a t io n .

I t i s a v e ry in t e r e s t in g book which w i l l p ro b a b ly be admired by each and

every p a r t ic u la r in d iv id u a l person, e s p e c ia lly the s tu d e n ts .

In the meantime, I am lo o k in g fo rw ard to making many more books.

RememberJ I had to s tru g g le hard to achieve t h is g re a t success.

Of 'course , everything will be done by doing. I , th e re fo re , would l ik e to

g iv e advice to those a s p ir in g group o f young in t e l le c t u a ls who are

c o n s ta n tly d e vo tin g a l l t h e i r energies in th e course o f w r it in g m an uscriptio n

th a t th e y sho u ld , i f th e y need to be s u c c e s s fu l, have perseverance, p a tie n ce ,

and c o n c e n tra tio n . Remember always to co n s u lt yo ur e ld e rs i f you come across

any d i f f i c u l t i e s re g a rd in g th in g s which o n ly happened o r e x is te d m

ancient t im e s . S u re ly , th e o ld people w i l l always be ready to g iv e you

the r ig h t answers f o r sim ple reason th a t they know even b e tte r than we no

about olden t h in g s .

l ik e , w i l l le a d you t o a g re a t success- th a t i s , you w i l l va lu e g o o d w ill

o f devo tio n

D avid N . Mthembu.

D e a r S i r s ,I am s e n d i n g y o u t w o p h o t o s o f a y o u n g b o y o f

26 y e a r s - M o h l o u o a T . R a m a k a t a n e , t o be e n t e r e d i n 1 ' W H O ' S WH0 1 'T h is b o y h a s becom e a h e r o o f t h e B e n o n i r e s i d e n t s , b e c a u s e o f h 5 s d a i l y a c t i v i t i e s . H e h a s g o t s l e e p y e y e s , and h e g r e e t s e v e r y o n e he m e e t s i n t h e s t r e e t w i t h a b r o a d s m i l e . Th e D a v e y t o n c h i l d r e n h a v e n i c k n a m e d h i m , M OHLOM FHEHI ( G e n t l e m a n ) .

AMBITIOUS MAH

B e c a u s e h i s f a t h e r was g r i p p l e d a f o o t i n a B e n o n i E n g i n e e r i n g f i r m , M o h l o u o a was u n a b l e t o c o m p l e t e h i s m a t ^ - ic i n 1 9 5 8 .

He l e f t s c h o o l w o r k e d i n a b i c y c l e . W h i l e h e was t h e r e , h e was n o t g e t t i n g s u f f i c i e n t wages f o r h i s p a r e n t s , t h r e e b r o t h e r s and t h r e e s i s t e r s . So h e b o u g h t a b o x c a m e r a and t o o k p h o t o s o v e r t h e w e e k e n d s . I n I 9 6 0 h e came be known as t h e b e s t o u t d o o r p h o t o g r a p h e r .

He t h e n d e c i d e d t o t a k e a c o u r s e i n p h o t o g r p h y w i t h The New Y o r k I n s t i t u t e o f P h o t o g r a p h y o f A m e r i c a . And a f t e r c o m p l e t i n gh i s s t u d i e s , £Le t o o k ..a c o u r s e i n J o u r n a l i s m . He th e n q u a l i f i e d as aJ o u r n a l i s t f r G ^ ' t h a Z L o n d m T S c h o o l o f J o u r n a l i s m .

T o d a y t h i s b o y h a s o pened one o f t h e m o s t p r o m i s i n g p h o t o g r a p h i c S t u d i o s i n t h e town o f B e n o n i .

WHAT I S YOUR CREED

Th e h e a d i n g t o t h i s a r t c l e w i l l m i s l e a d p r o b a b l y some p e o p l e i n t o t h i n k i n g t h a t we a r e g o i n g t o p r e a c h a sre m o n o r t h a t we a r e a b o u t t o l a u n c h a new s e p a r a t i s t c h u r c h . I m u s t t h e r e f o r e h a s t e B t o a s s u r e o u r r e a d e r s t h a t / ( we a r e n e i t h e r g o i n g t o p r e a c h a sermon n o r t o l a u n c h a new c h u r c h . T h i s l e t t e r i s a d d r e s s e d p a r t i c u l a r l y t o th e Y o u t h o f S o u t h A f r i c a . W e t h i n k i t i s a b s o l u t e l y i m p o r t a n t a t t h i s 2 0 t h c s n t u a r y d e v e l o p m e n t t h a t o u r y o u t h s h o u l d know w h a t t h e y a r e , w h e r e t h e y a r e and t h e y a r e d o i n g f o r t h e i r f a m i l i e s and t h e c o m m u n i t y . I t I s t o them t h a t t h e q u e s t i o n 1 ' W h a t i s y o u r c r e e d ' 1 i s a d d r e s s e d .

M r -J Ia m a k a ta n e i s a memtrg-r~-CLf_ P h o t o g r a p h e r s $ p c l e j vv o f So u t h A f r i c a . H'e h a s r e c e n t l y f o r m e d t h e B e n o n i p h o t o g r a p h e r s ^ S o c i e t y , whose c h i e f a i m he s a y s i s t o ' ' E x c h a n g e i d e a s and g i v e l e q s o n s on p h o t o g r a p h y . Members w i l l be a b l e t o b u y p h o t o g r a p h i c eq uip ol lent c h e a p e r and t h e d e v e l o p i n g and p r i n t i n g w i l l be q u i c k e r theft) b e f o r e .

He s a y s s o c i e t y w i l l be r e g i s t e r e d u n d e r t h e P . S . S . A . w h i c h h a s a l i a s o n w i t h t h e w o r l d s l e a d i n g s o c i e t i e s and w o r k e r s .H i s a p p e a l t o a l l p e o p l e I n t e r e s t e d i n p h o t o g r a p h y i s , ’ ’ L e t us come t o know o u r p r o b l e m s , W i t h an o r d i n a r y b o x c a m e r a y o u w i l l be a b l e t o p r o d u c e w o n d e r f u l p i c t u r e s , b e c a u s e i t i s t h e man b e h i n d t h e c a m e r a , n o t t h e c a m e r a i t s e l f ! 'So t h e r e i s n o t h i n g t o b e a t d e t e r m i n a t i o n .

T h a n k i n g i n a n t i c i p a t i o n ,

I am,Y o u r s f a i t h f u l l y ,

J e r r y M o k o a t l e .

7bh. September 1964.Mrs. G. Opperman,Wilberforce Post Office, Evaton,

My dear Charlie,I hope you are well and enjoying life. Now Charlie

dear, olease act at once. My book is coming out about the middle of next month. It has the history of the A,M.E,Church, and a number of its Pioneers and dignitaries; the history of a number of other Churches Including the Wesleyan, the Congregational, the Church of Bln land and others. The book will contain the names of all Ministers Teachers, Lawyers, Doctors, Nurses, Business men and women, and a large number of Organisations in the Transvaal,

I am sending you some forms; One fot? you, one for your good husband, one for your Doctor son, and another for Mrs, Utlapo. Please ask her to send late Dr, Ntlapoi photo wearing the Ph, D. degree gown. The same with your son, please let me have a photo where he wears the gown. Let your photo and your husbands’be be the best you have. I already a S m ‘a large number of orders from the 0.3.A., and England. Please my dear Charlie, make It snappy, o must have all these by the end of the week, or very early next week. Printers are very busy, and are making ready for their Xmas orders. Thank you Charlie, Mv best regards to you and your dear Husband.

Very sincerely yours,T. D, Mwall Skota

1st* December 1964,

Revd. Malukazi,160, New Bright Location, Victoria West, Cape,

My dear Mfundisi,

I was not well, that is why I did not answer your letter, but I came to office yesterday for the first tine.This morning I received your wire which I answered at once.

To have the big block photographed and a block made for it, is costing £15. The six. smaller blocks which must also be photographed and made into blocks will cost £7.10, The printing of a thousand pictures on good art paper will be £22,10, Postage 10/- My expence £2,10/. It all comes to £50. But my expence of £2,10/- you can pay later.

Your second order will be less because you will not make new blacks. The printing too will cone down with the second thousand, and the third order of the pictures will be still less so that it may come down to twenty pounds for the third or fourth thousand,

If you send the money I will place the order at once and forward the pictures nn Saturday the 5th. you ought to have them with you by the morning of the 0th. December,

Hope you will have a successful Conference.

Yours Sincerely,B. Mweli Skota

29th, January 1965,

Dr, S, M, Molera©, P, 0. Box 11,Maf eking..

My dear Modiri,\ First let raa wish you the best wishes of the

year (though late). Secondly let me thank you for the trouble of writing to me and the Chairman of the African Chamber of Commerce,'which letter I delivered to the Secretary, (theChairman seldom come tc office). Yesterday I asked the Secretary to invite you to a Conference thay are holding in Durban in March. This is going to be a very big affair, as it will embrace the whole Republic and the Protectorates. Apart from Merchants and Traders,* they are inviting as arany African leader.3 as they can get, I asked' him to invite Jimmy Moroka, Thaba Nchu, and Rev,Z,R ,Mahab&ne, Kroonstad.

My dear Modiri I hope you are keeping well, We her are all not well at all. The book should be out next week er c o b b airily before the end of the camming month.

Please give my warm regards to your good family,Goodbye,

Sincerely yours

T, D. Mweli Skota

29th* January 1965.

Mr* M, Gemma (Principal) Montebello High School, P. 0. Montebello, via Dalton, Natal*

Dear Sir,Your letter of the 19th. October 1964 only reached

her© at the end of December, I suppose you posted It very long after writing It. I had to rush to Kimberley and have just arrived. That is why I did not answer it when it came, xou state in your letter of the 19th. December last, that you are enclosing the money I sent you, as an entrance fee for ray boy, but there ft was no money in the envelope. I do not know whether this was meant to fool me or what. I believe it was rather nice ox me to wax such a long time, without worrying you, But I think for t^at reason you too, ought to appreciate my patience and play the game* Unless you play straight, your work will never prosper, it will rather be the other way about.

In sending my money please use my P. 0, Box 3210, Johannesburg, and if possible register the letter.

Sincerely yours

T. D, Mweli Skota

29th, January 1965,

Mr* S. V, Robert Zwakala, 864, Mog&le Street, Munaieville Location, Krugersdorp,

My dear friend,

I am very disappointed in that you failed your promise of taking me to, or giving me Mr, Tathams* address. You will remember I said I believe he will give me an advertisement as he did in the business which he left. Now the dead line for producing my book is end of next week, certainly not later then the following Monday. Please if you cannot come, send m© & line giving the required address. Send it through my Box address as shown on top of this letterhead. Box 5210, Johannesburg, and oblige, regards,

Sincerely yours,

T, D. Mweli Skota

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,t ; . a : <; I'£§KD,February 1965.

Dr. D, P, P. Marolen,P. 0. Box 45, Daveyton,Bononl,

My dear Doctor,Aa promised, I am forwarding to you a

que3tionaire, which I ask you please to complete and return to Box 3S10, Johannesburg immediately, From the dates in the covering letter, you can see the publishing of the book had been postponed. But I assure you the dot .. line is March 1965,§o please act at once.

Thanks in advance,

Sincerely yours,

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