Tiyo Soga, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Tiyo Soga

South African cleric and journalist

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1829

Date of Death: 12-Aug-1871

Profession: journalist, cleric

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Tiyo Soga (1829 – 12 August 1871) was a South African journalist, minister, translator, missionary evangelist, and composer of hymns.
Soga was the first black South African to be ordained and worked to translate the Bible and John Bunyan's classic work Pilgrim's Progress into his native Xhosa language.