WRITER

Thomas Mofolo

1876 - 1948

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Thomas Mokopu Mofolo (22 December 1876 – 8 September 1948) is often regarded as the first African novelist. His body of work, which consists of three books composed between 1905 and 1910, were first written in Sesotho, and then widely translated. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Mofolo has received more than 60,315 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Thomas Mofolo is the 5,790th most popular writer (down from 5,296th in 2019).

Memorability Metrics

  • 60k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Traveller to the East
Africans, Religious life, Fiction
2007
Chaka
Fiction, biographical, Africa, fiction
2010
Chaka
Zulu (African people), Kings and rulers, Fiction
A novel.
1931
Chaka Zulu
2000
Pitseng
African fiction
1960
Moeti oa bochabela
1951

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Thomas Mofolo ranks 5,790 out of 7,302. Before him are Maria Polydouri, Raffaele La Capria, Marina Lewycka, Robert Sabatier, Kazimierz Wierzyński, and Horacio Guarany. After him are Iris Chang, Natalena Koroleva, Robert Edmond Grant, Nambi Narayanan, Richard K. Morgan, and Eduard Bass.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Thomas Mofolo ranks 186. Before him are Ernest Esclangon, Edgar Evans, Cécile Tormay, Edith Abbott, Clara Blandick, and Mariam Thresia Chiramel. After him are Pietro Speciale, Marcel Lambert, Lionel Tertis, Ralph Barton Perry, James Scullin, and Claude Buckenham. Among people deceased in 1948, Thomas Mofolo ranks 174. Before him are Henri Hazebrouck, Dale Fuller, Arthur Whitten Brown, Malcolm Campbell, Carl Hårleman, and Claude McKay. After him are Frank Benford, John Anderson, James Young, Mary Eaton, George Mehnert, and Poul Heegaard.

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