Doke took up his appointment in the new Department of Bantu Studies at the University of Witwatersrand in 1923.

from the University of South Africa in 1934, Vilakazi began work in the Bantu studies department at the University of Witwatersrand in 1936 under linguist C. M. Doke, with whom he created a Zulu-English dictionary.

Clement Martyn Doke ( 16 May 1893 in Bristol, United Kingdom – 24 February 1980 in East London, South Africa ) was a South African linguist working mainly on African languages.

At first, Clement Doke was frustrated by his inability to communicate with the Lamba.

Clement Doke was also interested in ethnology.

For Doke, literacy was part of the evangelisation since people had to able to read to appreciate the message of the Bible, but it was only after his retirement that he completed the translation of the Bible into Lamba.

During his tenure Doke developed and promoted a method of linguistic analysis and description of the Bantu languages that was based upon the structure of these languages.

Kanun was also known by the word of Doke.

He studied Zulu and Southern Sotho under Clement Martyn Doke at the University of the Witwatersrand and, after graduating in 1942, was a Lecturer there 1942-1947.

The Doke family had been engaged in missionary activity for the Baptist Church for some generations.

The book is couched in traditional grammatical terms as Doke had not yet established his innovative method of analysis and description for the Bantu languages.

At the request of the government of Southern Rhodesia, Doke investigated the range of dialect diversity among the languages of the country and made recommendations for Unified Shona.

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His father Reverend Joseph J. Doke left England and travelled to South Africa in 1882, where he met and married Agnes Biggs.

Clement Doke returned to Kafulafuta as missionary in 1914, followed by his sister Olive two years later.

In 1919 Doke married Hilda Lehmann, who accompanied him back to Lambaland.

Clement Doke also realised that his field work couldn't continue much longer and left in 1921.

Doke served the University of the Witwatersrand until his retirement in 1953.

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