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Vilakazi, B. Wallet (Benedict Wallet), 1906-1947

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Personal name headingVilakazi, B. Wallet (Benedict Wallet), 1906-1947
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Variant(s)Vilakazi, Benedict Wallet, 1906-1947
KaMshini, Bambatha, 1906-1947
Vilakazi, BW
Other standard no.74761219
Birth date1906-01-06
Death date1947-10-26
Place of birthKwaDukuza (South Africa)
Place of deathJohannesburg (South Africa)
Profession or occupationLinguists Poets
Found inNtuli, 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)