Kunene, Mazisi

LC control no.	n 82024810
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	PL8844.K79
Personal name heading	Kunene, Mazisi *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Kunene, Mazisi Raymond Kunene, Raymond W'Ekunene, Mazisi Kamdabuli
Associated country	South Africa
Associated place	United States Great Britain England
Birth date	1930-05-12 1930-05-12
Death date	2006-08-12 2006-08-11
Place of birth	Durban (South Africa)
Field of activity	Poetry Zulu literature Oral tradition--Africa, Southern
Affiliation	University of California, Los Angeles University of Natal African National Congress
Profession or occupation	Literature teachers College teachers Poets Authors Authors, Black Translators Anti-apartheid activists
Found in	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.) New York times WWW site, Sept. 22, 2006 (Mazisi Kunene; d. Aug. 11, Durban, aged 76; first poet laureate of a democratic South Africa, whose works recorded the history of the Zulu nation) Times online WWW site, Sept. 25, 2006 (Mazisi Kunene; Mazisi Raymond Fakazi Mngoni Kunene; b. May 12, 1930, Durban; d. Aug.12, 2006; Zulu academic and poet who combined a traditional tribal role with that of modern activist in the fight against apartheid) Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02 (b. 1935) Wikipedia, March 17, 2017 (Mazisi (Raymond) Kunene (May 12, 1930 - Aug. 11, 2006) was a South African poet; while in exile from South Africa's apartheid regime, Kunene was an active supporter and organizer of the anti-apartheid movement in Europe and Africa; he would later teach at UCLA and become Africa's and South Africa's poet laureate) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazisi_Kunene> SAHO, South African History Online, viewed September 30, 2019 (Mazisi Raymond Kunene; born in Durban May 12, 1930; grew up in Amahlongwa on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast; obtained teaching certificate at Maphumulo Teachers' Training College; began writing and publishing in periodicals at an early age; won Bantu Literary Competition Award in 1956; earned MA from University of Natal in 1959 for paper, "An Analytical Survey of Zulu Poetry, Both Traditional and Modern"; went to England on scholarship from Christian Action in 1959; after a brief stay in Lesotho he went to Britain to do his doctorate, but instead was drawn into liberation politics, becoming the ANC's chief representative in the UK and Western Europe in 1964; eventually resumed studies in the US, taught at University of California, Los Angeles, 1973-1992, when he returned to South Africa; in 1993 Unesco made him Africa's poet laureate; named South Africa's Poet Laureate in March 2005; deeply rooted in the oral traditions and indigenous literature of the Nguni and Sotho speakers of Southern Africa; famous for his Zulu version of Shakespeare's Macbeth, "Mabatha"; lectured at the University of Natal until his retirement; died August 11, 2006)
Associated language	eng zul