Zulu Poems
Author : Mazisi Kunene
Publisher : Africana Pub.
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 14,88 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Poetry
ISBN :
Author : Mazisi Kunene
Publisher : Africana Pub.
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 14,88 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Poetry
ISBN :
Author : Dike Okoro
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 22,50 MB
Release : 2022-12-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1000827801
This book examines the life and work of Mazisi Kunene, the only recognized poet laureate of Africa, a Nobel Prize nominee, and a key symbol of African cultural independence. Kunene is widely recognized for his epic poems that assert cultural identity and condemn the disruption of the growth and development of African culture through colonialism/postcolonialism. This book explores how ‘oraliterature’ and cultural traditions informed Kunene’s poetry, how Kunene’s poetry highlights African women and mothers, and how activism, mythology and transnational identities are depicted in his verse to promote cultural and generational continuities from Africa to the Diasporic Africans. Drawing on a range of interviews and comparative studies, the book situates Kunene’s work in a wider conversation about South African social struggles. This book is an important contribution to our understanding of one of the giants of African literary history. As such, it will be of interest to researchers across African literary and postcolonial studies.
Author : Mazisi Kunene
Publisher : East African Publishers
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 27,64 MB
Release : 1978
Category :
ISBN : 9789966468697
Author : Okoro, Dike
Publisher : Cissus World Press
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 34,98 MB
Release : 2016-07-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0967951143
New Perspectives on Mazisi Kunene shares with readers an interview inspired by correspondence and prolonged conversations on the telephone. The focus of this interview, Mazisi Kunene, is arguably one of Africa's greatest poets. Kunene's contributions to African literature as both scholar and artist remains significant, given his commitment to writing in his indigenous Zulu language and translating his corpus into English. Ntongela Masilela, a close friend to Kunene and scholar who has written extensively on Kunene oeuvre, shares views that center primarily on Kunene's importance in African literature, and his role and place in South African literary and cultural revolution.
Author : Mazisi Kunene
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Books
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 21,90 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN :
Author : Okoro, Dike
Publisher : Cissus World Press
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 35,13 MB
Release : 2016-06-14
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0967951194
In Two Zulu Poets, Dike Okoro brings to our attention the sparkling wealth of African poetry in indigenous languages. Modern African poets and scholars owe so much to the pioneering efforts of these two South African poets. Dr. Okoro has surely, in this bilingual edition of two Zulu poets, unearthed invaluable gems of poetry. Tanure Ojaide, Frank Porter Graham Professor of Africana Studies, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte “Mazisi Kunene is simply one of Africa greatest poets.” N'gugi wa Thiong'o, University of California Irvine, CA, USA “There is a direct line of continuity between Benedict Wallet Vilakazi and Mazisi Kunene concerning the fundamental issue that African literature should be written in the African languages by New African intellectuals”, The Historical Figures of the New African Movement". Ntongela Masilela, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Creative Studies
Author : Mazisi Kunene
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Books
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 10,94 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN :
Author : Thomas Mofolo
Publisher : Waveland Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 24,34 MB
Release : 2013-05-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1478609729
Chaka is a genuine masterpiece that represents one of the earliest major contributions of black Africa to the corpus of modern world literature. Mofolos fictionalized life-story account of Chaka (Shaka), translated from Sesotho by D. P. Kunene, begins with the future Zulu kings birth followed by the unwarranted taunts and abuse he receives during childhood and adolescence. The author manipulates events leading to Chakas status of great Zulu warrior, conqueror, and king to emphasize classic tragedys psychological themes of ambition and power, cruelty, and ultimate ruin. Mofolos clever nods to the supernatural add symbolic value. Kunenes fine translation renders the dramatic and tragic tensions in Mofolos tale palpable as the richness of the authors own culture is revealed. A substantial introduction by the translator provides valuable context for modern readers.
Author : Abu Shardow Abarry
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 852 pages
File Size : 15,56 MB
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 9781566394031
Organized by major themes—such as creation stories, and resistance to oppression—this collection gather works of imagination, politics and history, religion, and culture from many societies and across recorded time. Asante and Abarry marshal together ancient, anonymous writers whose texts were originally written on stone and papyri and the well-known public figures of more recent times whose spoken and written words have shaped the intellectual history of the diaspora. Within this remarkably wide-ranging volume are such sources as prayers and praise songs from ancient Kemet and Ethiopia along with African American spirituals; political commentary from C.L.R. James, Malcolm X, Mary McLeod Bethune, and Joseph Nyerere; stirring calls for social justice from David Walker, Abdias Nacimento, Franzo Fanon, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Featuring newly translated texts and ocuments published for the first time, the volume also includes an African chronology, a glossary, and an extensive bibliography. With this landmark book, Asante and Abarry offer a major contribution to the ongoing debates on defining the African canon. Author note:Molefi Kete Asanteis Professor and Chair of African American Studies at Temple University and author of several books, includingThe Afrocentric Idea(Temple) andThe Historical and Cultural Atlas of African Americans.Abu S. Abarryis Assistant Chair of African American Studies at Temple University.
Author : Mazisi Kunene
Publisher :
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 24,49 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Poetry
ISBN :
Echoes from the Mountain. New and Selected Poems by Mazisi Kunene