The story of a remarkable South African, in a programme by MARY BENSON , based on his life and writings
Narrator Michael Johnson Sol Plaatje
JOHN MATSHIKIZA with BRIAN CARROLL PATRICK BARR
JOHN BOTT
GORDON DULIEU and HUGH QUARSHIE
Plaatje was a self-taught young African who became a journalist and later a famous politician. The programme contains extracts from his vivid diaries kept during the Boer War. Directed by CHRISTOPHER VENNING