LC control no. | n 85059310 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Vilakazi, B. Wallet (Benedict Wallet), 1906-1947 |
Variant(s) | Vilakazi, Benedict Wallet, 1906-1947 KaMshini, Bambatha, 1906-1947 Vilakazi, BW |
Other standard no. | 74761219 |
Birth date | 1906-01-06 |
Death date | 1947-10-26 |
Place of birth | KwaDukuza (South Africa) |
Place of death | Johannesburg (South Africa) |
Profession or occupation | Linguists Poets |
Found in | Ntuli, D. B. Z. The poetry of B.W. Vilakazi, 1984. LC data base, 5-24-85 (hdg.: Vilakazi, Benedict Wallet, 1906-1947; usage: B. W. Vilakazi, B. Wallet Vilakazi) Wikipedia, November 3, 2016: (Benedict Wallet Vilakazi; (6 January 1906 - 26 October 1947) was a South African Zulu poet, novelist, and educator; born Bambatha kaMshini in 1906 at the Groutville Mission Station near KwaDukuza, Natal (now South Africa); later baptized Benedict Wallet and kept family name of Vilakazi at his mother's insistence; earned a B.A. from the University of South Africa in 1934 and began working in the Bantu studies department at the University of Witwatersrand in 1936; in 1946, became the first black South African to receive a Ph.D.) No matter when, 2018: title page (BW Vilakazi) |