Mazisi Kunene: Africa's poet laureate
SOURCE: The fabric of dissent: public intellectuals in South Africa
OUTPUT TYPE: Chapter in Monograph
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2020
TITLE AUTHOR(S): G.Houston
SOURCE EDITOR(S): V.Reddy, N.Bohler-Muller, G.Houston, M.Schoeman, H.Thuynsma
KEYWORDS: AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS (ANC), INTELLIGENTSIA, KUNENE, MAZISI RAYMOND, POLITICS, RACIAL SEGREGATION
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 11809
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/15864
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/15864
OUTPUT TYPE: Chapter in Monograph
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2020
TITLE AUTHOR(S): G.Houston
SOURCE EDITOR(S): V.Reddy, N.Bohler-Muller, G.Houston, M.Schoeman, H.Thuynsma
KEYWORDS: AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS (ANC), INTELLIGENTSIA, KUNENE, MAZISI RAYMOND, POLITICS, RACIAL SEGREGATION
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 11809
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/15864
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/15864
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Abstract
South African Poet Laureate, academic and anti-apartheid activist Mazisi Raymond Kunene bestrode three continents and multiple cultures. He moved smoothly from working for the ANC in exile in London to lecturing in the USA, all the while maintaining his deep love and appreciation of traditional Zulu beliefs and heritage, which he explored in his poetry.-
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