Diphete Bopape
South African writer
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| Intro | South African writer | |
| Places | South Africa | |
| is | Journalist | |
| Work field | Journalism | |
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Biography
Heniel Diphete D. Bopape (born 1957) is a South African novelist, playwright and journalist.
Biography
Bopape was born in Transvaal Province, in what today is Limpopo. He graduated with a B.A. in Psychology from Unisa in 1987. At the time he was lecturing full-time at Dr. C.N. Phatudi College. He is the owner and editor of Seipone, a vernacular newspaper in Limpopo.
Lenong la Gauta (1982) pioneered the detective novel genre in Sepedi.
Works
- Plays
- Makgale, Pretoria: Van Schaik, 1978
- Novels
- Lenong la Gauta [A Golden Vulture], Pretoria: Van Schaik, 1982
- Dikeledi [Tears], Pretoria: Van Schaik, 1985
- Rena Magomotša, Pretoria: De Jager-HAUM, 1987
- Short story collections
- Bogobe bja Tswiitswii [Porridge o fTswiitswii], Pretoria: De Jager-HAUM, 1985