Noni jabavu biography for kids
Noni jabavu biography for kids
Biography for 2nd graders.
Noni Jabavu
South African writer and journalist (1919–2008)
Noni Jabavu | |
|---|---|
| Born | Helen Nontando Jabavu (1919-08-20)20 August 1919 Middledrift, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
| Died | 19 June 2008(2008-06-19) (aged 88) Lynette Elliott Frail Care Home[1] in Selborne, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
| Nationality | South African |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, journalist and editor |
| Notable work | Drawn in Colour (1960); The Ochre People (1963) |
| Spouse(s) | Michael Cadbury Crosfield, m.
1951 |
| Parent(s) | Davidson Don Tengo Jabavu and Thandiswa Florence Makiwane |
| Relatives | John Tengo Jabavu (grandfather); Cecilia Makiwane (maternal aunt) |
Helen Nontando (Noni) Jabavu (20 August 1919[2] – 19 June 2008) was a South African writer and journalist, one of the first African women to pursue a successful literary career and the first black South African woman to publish books of autobiography.[3][4] Educated in Bri