Leetile Disang Raditladi

Leetile Disang Raditladi
Born 1910
Serowe
Died 1971 (aged 60–61)
Nationality Botswanian
Occupation poet and playwright
Known for Raditladi Basin on Mercury, which was named after him

Leetile Disang Raditladi (1910–1971) was a Botswana playwright and poet. He was born in Serowe and got his education in Tiger Kloof, Lovedale and Fort Hare University. He was banished from the Bangwato Reserve in 1937 after Tshekedi Khama, the Bangwato regent accused Raditladi of adultery with his wife and an attempted murder. After that Raditladi served as a colonial service clerk before being appointed Batawana Kgosi Moremi III's Tribal Secretary in 1944. In 1958 after his return to Serowe Raditladi founded the Bechuanaland Protectorate Federal Party, although he played almost no part in later politics.[1][2]

Raditladi wrote several historical plays, love stories and poems.[1] In 2008 a large impact crater on Mercury was named Raditladi after him.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sir Charles Rey, Neil Parsons, Michael Crowder (1988). Monarch of all I survey: Bechuanaland diaries 1929–1937. James Currey Publishers. pp. 262–263. ISBN 978-0-85255-016-8.
  2. ↑ Senekal, B.A. (2006). "Biografische gegevens". Retrieved 2 December 2009.
  3. ↑ "Mercury Features Receive New Names". NASA. 28 April 2008. Retrieved 2 December 2009.