| Intro | South African folklorist and author |
| Was |
Linguist Writer |
| From |
Lesotho South Africa |
| Type |
Literature Social science |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 1 February 1883 |
| Death |
25 October 1963 (aged 80 years) |
| Star sign | Aquarius |
Zakea Dolphin Mangoaela (February 1883 in Hohobeng, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa – 25 October 1963) was an African folklorist and writer.
Mangoaela grew up in Lesotho (called Basutoland at the time) and went to the Basutoland Training College.
Works
- Lithoko tsa Marena a Basotho (The praise poems of the Basotho kings), published 1921
- Har’a libatana le linyamatsane (Among the predators and the prey)
- Co-authored Grammar of the Sesuto language. Bantu studies Vol. III. (Johannesburg: University of Witwatersrand press, 1927).