Mazisi (Raymond) Kunene (12 May 1930 – 11 August 2006) was a South African poet best known for his translation of the epic Zulu poem Emperor Shaka the Great. While in exile from South Africa's apartheid regime, Kunene was an active supporter and organiser of the anti-apartheid movement in Europe and Africa. He later taught at the University of California, Los Angeles, and become Africa's and South Africa's first poet laureate.
Mazisi (Raymond) Kunene (12 May 1930 – 11 August 2006) was a South African poet best known for his translation of the epic Zulu poem Emperor Shaka the...
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oral tradition, compiled in Zulu then translated by South African poet MazisiKunene and published in 1979 in the Heinemann African Writers Series. The poem...
mishaps: Some of our men were poisoned by the terrible mdlebe plant; — MazisiKunene in Emperor Shaka the Great Shaka's half-brother Dingana returned secretly...
Africa Antjie Krog, South Africa Anton Robert Krueger, South Africa MazisiKunene, South Africa Abdellatif Laabi, Morocco Wafaa Lamrani, Morocco Ahmed...
Bangladesh. "Bibliographies: 'Mqhayi S' – Grafiati". www.grafiati.com. "MazisiKunene". www.poetryinternational.com. J. Cameron; W. A. Dodd (17 May 2014)...
Love You by Frank Stanford (published 1977) Emperor Shaka the Great by MazisiKunene (1979) The Lay of the Children of Húrin and The Lay of Leithian by J...
Kirsch Koos Kombuis Rustum Kozain Uys Krige Antjie Krog Anton Krueger MazisiKunene Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven C. Louis Leipoldt Douglas Livingstone Lindiwe...
Khumalo (born 1966) Robert Kirby (1936–2007) Antjie Krog (born 1952) MazisiKunene (1930–2006) Richard Kunzmann (born 1976) Ellen Kuzwayo (1914–2006) Alex...
African history from 1948 to 1990 include Dennis Brutus, Ingrid Jonker, MazisiKunene, Nicolaas Petrus van Wyk Louw, William Ewart Gladstone (W. E. G.) Louw...
will emerge. Some of the most prominent Zulu authors are BW Vilakazi, MazisiKunene, RRR Dhlomo, HIE Dhlomo, JL Dube, Njabulo Ndebele, Nimrod Ndebele, EA...
received R30 000, and the National Poet Laureate received R100 000. MazisiKunene (2005-2006) Keorapetse Kgositsile (2006-2018) Mongane Wally Serote (2018-present)...
expelled for his involvement in organising the stay-away, but his teacher, MazisiKunene, organised for him to stay at Glebelands in Umlazi with ANC supporters...
American economist, president of Sarah Lawrence College, (1981–1998). MazisiKunene, 76, South African poet laureate. Yevgeny Sinyayev, 58, Soviet Olympic...
doctorate 2011: University of South Africa (UNISA) honorary doctorate 2016: MazisiKunene Poetry Award at the Poetry Africa International Festival, Durban 2020:...
Forssell, Marin Sorescu, Tadeusz Różewicz, André du Bouchet, Eliseo Diego, MazisiKunene, Günter Kunert, Breyten Breytenbach, W. S. Merwin, Rita Dove and Paul...
photographer, activist, dramatist, comedian and broadcaster August 11 MazisiKunene, 76 born 1930 South African poet and academic August 18 Shamsur Rahman...
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