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Mazisi Kunene

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Gender Male
Death17 years ago
Date of birth May 12,1930
Zodiac sign Taurus
Born Durban
South Africa
Date of died August 11,2006
DiedDurban
South Africa
NationalitySouth African
Party African National Congress
Job Poet
Diplomat
Education SOAS University of London
University of KwaZulu-Natal
University of Natal
BooksEmperor Shaka the Great
Zulu poems
Anthem of the decades
The ancestors & the sacred mountain
Echoes from the Mountain: New and Selected Poems
Isibusiso sikamhawu
Umzwilili Wama-Afrika
Les ancêtres et la montagne sacrée et autres écrits
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Mazisi Kunene Life story


Mazisi Kunene was a South African poet best known for his poem Emperor Shaka the Great. 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.

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