Kunene, Mazisi
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Name (Latin)
Kunene, Mazisi
Other forms of name
Kunene, Raymond
W'Ekunene, Mazisi Kamdabuli
Date of birth
1930-05-12
Date of death
2006-08-11
Associated country
South Africa
Field of activity
Oral tradition--Africa, Southern
Poetry
Zulu literature
Occupation
Literature teachers
Poets
Translators
Anti-apartheid activists
Authors
Authors, Black
College teachers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
b. 1935
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- His Zulu poems, c1970.
- His Isibusiso sikamhawu, 1994:t.p. (Mazisi Kamdabuli W'Ekunene)
- Les ancêtres et la montagne ... c1994:t.p. (Mazisi Kunene) p. 4 cover (b. 1930, Durban, S.A.)
Wikipedia description:
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.
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