# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-mokopu-mofolo
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:22:18.807Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-mokopu-mofolo"
name: "Thomas Mokopu Mofolo"
slug: "thomas-mokopu-mofolo"
description: "Thomas Mokopu Mofolo is often regarded as the first African novelist, and the greatest author to write one in an African language. His body of work, which consists of three books composed between 1905 and 1910, were first written in Sesotho, and then widely translated."
tagline: "Mosotho writer (1876–1948)"
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birthDate: "1876-12-22"
deathDate: "1948-09-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump