Sol Plaatje Museum

Entrance at Sol Plaatje Museum

The Sol Plaatje Museum and Library is in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa, in a house where Solomon T. Plaatje lived during his last years at 32 Angel Street, Malay Camp. It was here that Plaatje wrote Mhudi.^{[citation needed]}

The Sol Plaatje Educational Trust was set up in 1991 to serve as a custodian for this and other legacy projects. In 1992, 32 Angel Street was declared a National Monument (Provincial Heritage Site under 1999 legislation.^[1] Plaatje's grave in West End Cemetery, Kimberley, is also a declared provincial heritage site.^[2]

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^ Government Gazette of South Africa, No. 14048, Pretoria: 19 June 1992
^ Government Gazette of South Africa, No. 18694, Pretoria: 27 April 1998

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Sol Plaatje Museum

Coordinates: 28°44′46″S 24°45′48″E / 28.746017°S 24.763457°E / -28.746017; 24.763457

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[1] Government Gazette of South Africa, No. 14048, Pretoria: 19 June 1992

[2] Government Gazette of South Africa, No. 18694, Pretoria: 27 April 1998

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