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Dora Taylor

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Dora Taylor

Pen Names: Nosipho MajekePen name for 'The Role of Missionaries in Conquest', meaning 'gift of Jack' in isiXhosa

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1899 (Scotland)
Died
1976 (London, United Kingdom) age 77
Nationality
Scottish
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Scotland (birth-1926) → South Africa (1926-1963) → United Kingdom (1960s-1976)

Career

Occupations
writer, professor of Literature
Active Years
1930-1976
Memberships
Marxism–Leninist groups

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Kathie

1951 novel

The Role of Missionaries in Conquest

1952 non-fiction

Pamphlet chronicling the collaboration between Western missionary efforts and colonialism

colonialismmissionaries

A Life’s Mosaic

autobiography

Rage of Life

novel

Don’t Tread on my Dreams

short stories

An African Tragedy: The Black Woman Under Apartheid

1976 non-fiction

Bibliography

  • Kathie (1951)
  • The Role of the Missionaries in Conquest (1952)
  • A Life’s Mosaic (Autobiography)
  • Rage of Life
  • Don’t Tread on my Dreams (Short stories)
  • An African Tragedy: The Black Woman Under Apartheid (1976)

Legacy

Scottish writer in South Africa known for Marxist critiques of colonialism and apartheid. Famous for a quote often misattributed to Desmond Tutu

Quotes

  • When the white man arrived, he had the Bible and we had the land; now, we have the Bible and he has the land.
    Source: Dora Taylor

Trivia

  • Her pen name 'Nosipho Majeke' means 'gift of Jack' in isiXhosa.