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[English Version] Soga, Tiyo (1829 Mgwali River, Tyhume Valley, Nqgika [Xhosa] Territory – 12.8.1871 Tuturha [später Somerville], Gcaleka Territory, Eastern Cape Province, Südafrika), erster schwarzer Geistlicher in Südafrika, der in einer Staatskirche im Ausland ordiniert wurde; Missionar unter den Xhosa an der Ostgrenze der Kapkolonie; Schriftsteller, Lieddichter und Übers. S. erhielt seine erste Schulausbildung an der Missionsschule der United Presbyterian Church in Tyhume. 1844–1846 besuchte er…

[German Version] (1829, Mgwali River, Tyhume Valley, Nqgika [Xhosa] Territory – Aug 12, 1871, Tuturha [later Somerville], Gcaleka Territory, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa), the first Black minister in South Africa ordained abroad in an established church. He was missionary among the Xhosa on the eastern frontier of the Cape Colony, writer, hymnographer, and translator. Soga received his early education at the mission school run by the United Presbyterian Church in Tyhume. Between 1844 and 18…