Jacob Mfaniselwa Nhlapo (15 January 1903 – 25 March 1957) was a South African educator, journalist, political propagandist, and the first Black South African with two Doctorates. Nhlapo is known for his 1944 pamphlet, "Bantu Babel: Will The Bantu Language Live? ", in which he argued that all the major African languages in South Africa should be systematically combined into a single language.
Jacob Mfaniselwa Nhlapo (15 January 1903 – 25 March 1957) was a South African educator, journalist, political propagandist, and the first Black South African with two Doctorates. Nhlapo is known for his 1944 pamphlet, "Bantu Babel: Will The Bantu Language Live? ", in which he argued that all the major African languages in South Africa should be systematically combined into a single language.
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