One eminent South African scholar who studied Xhosa under Jordan's guidance was the writer and academic, Vernon February. Early life. Three of his books were published following his death: Kwezo Mpindo zeTsitsa (1970), Tales from Southern Africa, (1973), and Towards an African Literature: The emergence of literary form in Xhosa (1973). He was raised by these two great academicians who were at the time active members of Non-European Unity Movement against apartheid. He also started work on his classic Xhosa novel, Ingqumbo Yezinyanya (1940), later translated by the author and his wife, Phyllis Ntantala-Jordan, into English as The Wrath of the Ancestors (1980). Archibald Campbell Mzolisa Jordan, a novelist, an academic and author, was born in 1906 in Mbokothwana Mission Station near Tsolo in Pondoland (now Eastern Cape). He is a past Council Member of the National Trust for Scotland, the Scottish Records Society and a member of Chapter for the Order of St. John in Scotland. Decades later he still testified to the enormous influence Jordan had on those students, and the inspiring and vital knowledge he imparted about Xhosa culture and language. As a result of political pressure, Jordan was forced to leave South Africa on an exit permit. His classic Xhosa novel, Ingqumbo Yezinyanya (1940) was later translated by the author and his wife, Phyllis Ntantala, into English as The Wrath of the Ancestors (1980). Some of his poetry was published in the Imvo Zabantsundu newspaper. OK Kwezo mpindo zeTsitsa Paperback – January 1, 1975 by A. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. That marked a new start of an exceptional academic, political and literary career. His birthday celebration comes up every year on May 22nd. UArchibald Campbell Mzolisa Jordan, umbhali wesiXhosa kwanengcali yeelwimi yasweleka eMelika, eMadison Wisconsin. Jordan was born on 30 October 1906 at the Mbokothwana mission station in the Tsolo district of Pondoland. The Sunday Independent Jordan was born on October 30, 1906 at the Mbokothwana mission station in the Tsolo district of Pondoland in South Africa. AC Jordan was a novelist, poet and academic who became the first African to receive a PhD in phonological and grammatical study at the University of Cape Town (UCT). In 1961 Jordan was offered a Carnegie bursary to do research in the United States, but was refused a passport by the South African government. This novel, considered as one of the masterpieces of Xhosa writing and South African literature, was translated into Afrikaans as Die Toorn van die Voorvaders, published in 1990, and a Dutch translation, De Wraak van het Voorgeslacht, appearing in the classic African Writers Series in the Netherlands in 1999. This page was last edited on 9 April 2021, at 02:08. Early life. His literary works deftly integrated African traditional beliefs with experience of cultural dispossession to create an explosive and penetrating literary style. The novel tells a gripping epic-tragic tale of the conflicting forces of Western education and Xhosa traditional beliefs amongst the "School people" and the "Ochre people" of the Mpondomise people. Pallo Jordan is 78 years old. Verwey, (1995), New Dictionary of South African Biography, volume 1. C Jordan Page. He was born at the Mbokothwane Mission in the Tsolo district, Pondoland (later Transkei), the son of an Anglican church minister. Like many others, he became involved in opposition to the government's racial policies. Archibald Campbell Mzoliza Jordan Xhosa writer and linguist died in the United State of America in Madison Wisconsin. Discover Book Depository's huge selection of Archibald Campbell Jordan books online. As a youth, he was a strong opponent of Apartheid. Archibald Campbell Mzolisa Jordan (30 October 1906 – 20 October 1968) was a novelist, literary historian and intellectual pioneer of African studies in South Africa. 1940-01-02 Archibald Campbell Mzoliza Jordan, Xhosa writer, linguist and academic and outspoken critic of the South African National Party government's Bantu Education policy, marries Priscilla Phyllis Ntantla. Mzolisa Archibald Campbell ‘A C’ Jordan, the son of an Anglican church minister, was born on the 30th October 1906 at the Mbokothwana Mission in the Tsolo district of Pondoland in the Cape Colony. Jordan taught for 10 years at the Kroonstad High School, Orange Free State (now Free State) where he mastered seSotho and was elected President of the African Teachers' Association. Archibald Campbell Mzolisa Jordan was born on a mission in the Transkei and studied literary Xhosa at the University of Cape Town. He was educated at St John's College in Umtata and Lovedale College at Alice . Archibald Campbell ("AC") Mzolisa Jordan is described variously in the annals as a professor, author, scholar, writer, linguist, literary critic, poet, musician, humanist, nationalist, freedom fighter, revolutionary and gentleman. There, after a long illness, he died 20 October 1968. Genealogy for Archibald Graham Campbell (1888 - 1976) family tree on Geni, with over 200 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. Jordan’s term was very short at UCT. His great novel Ingqumbo Yeminyana was published in English as The Wrath of the Ancestors (1980), in Afrikaans as Die Toorn van die Voorvaders (1990) and in Dutch as De Wraak van het Voorgeslacht (1999). In 1972, his critical study of Xhosa literature was published, and in 1973, a collection of short stories in Xhosa was translated into English under the title, Tales from Southern Africa. Jordan and his son reached London in October via Botswana and Tanzania. Archibald Campbell Mzolisa "A.C." Jordan (30 October 1906 – 20 October 1968) was a novelist, literary historian and intellectual pioneer of African studies in South Africa. [3], "National Orders awards 27 September 2005", "AC Jordan - academic pioneer and torchbearer for African languages", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archibald_Campbell_Jordan&oldid=1016786387, Wikipedia articles with PLWABN identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SELIBR identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. A.C. Jordan, in full Archibald Campbell Jordan, (born Oct. 30, 1906, Mbokothwana Mission, Cape Colony [now in South Africa]—died Oct. 20, 1968, Madison, Wis., U.S.), Xhosa novelist and educator who belonged to the second generation of South African black writers (of which Es’kia Mphahlele and Peter Abrahams are the best known). He was born at the Mbokothwane Mission in the Tsolo district, Pondoland (later … Like his parents, Jordan was active in the Non-European Unity Movement against apartheid. When the Honorable Duncan Campbell came to Washington in 1807 to teach in the Young Ladies' Academy he bought the existing cottage and began its enlargement. Phyllis Ntantala-Jordan ( 7 January 1920 – 17 July 2016) e ne e le moitseki oa litaba le lipolotiki oa Afrika Boroa. In 1940, he started working on his only novel, Ingqumbo Yeminyana, a tragic epic about the conflict between Western-style education and traditional beliefs. His literary and linguistic training consisted in a BA Degree (1934), followed by a Master's thesis, submitted to the University of Cape Town (UCT) in 1942, entitled "Some features of the phonetic and grammatical structure of Baca" (Bhaca), which was an important early contribution to the study of non-standard Nguni languages, specifically, of a Tekela Nguni language. 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