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Soga, Tiyo (E)
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1829-1871
Presbyterian
South Africa
The Rev.
Tiyo Soga (circa 1829-August 12, 1871) was the first ordained African minister in South Africa.
Tiyo soga graveHe translated part of the Bible, and other works, into Xhosa.
He was born at Mgwali, about 30 miles east of the present King William’s Town, in Cape Province. His father, Soga, was one of the principal counselors of the Xhosa chiefs Ngqika and Sandile.
The elder Soga was a polygamist, and Tiyo Soga was the seventh of thirty-nine children. After his birth, his mother became a Christian and sent him to mission school.
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At age 15 he was sent to Lovedale for further studies. When the principal of Lovedale, the Rev. William Govan, returned to Scotland during the War of the Axe in 1846, he took Soga with him.
A friend of Govan’s, John Henderson, became Soga’s benefactor, and supported him in his subsequent education.
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