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Mazisi Kunene

Biography

The heritage of , this great spokesman,
is without a doubt indispensable to the
restructuring of the foundation of the
reconstruction of the identity of the African
continent.
— Aimé Césaire

The literary achievements of Mazisi Raymond Fakazi Mngoni Kunene (1930-2006) were among the most remarkable to have come from in the twentieth century. Although his death at the age of 75 seems to have signified the closing of an extraordinary literary tradition in South Africa, that of African Literature in the African Languages, his practice of it in five decades, throughout the political tribulations of the country in the second half of the century, brought about its greatest efflorescence.

This tradition has given the country major poets across the twentieth century: Samuel Edward Krune Mqhayi (1875-1945), Nontsizi Mgqwetho (dates unknown), Benedict Wallet Mbabatha Vilakazi (1906-1947), K. E. Ntsane (dates unknown), David Livingstone Phakamile Yali Manisi (1926-1999) and himself. The first two poets and the fifth in this lineage wrote in Xhosa; the thi

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Mazisi Raymond Kunene

Mazisi Raymond Kunene was born in Durban on May 12, 1930, at McCord's Hospital. His mother Eva Kunene (nee Ngcobo) was a teacher and his father, Mdabuli Albert Kunene, a labourer.He grew up at Amahlongwa on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast and attended primary school there and later Kwa-ahluzingcondo High. After matriculating in Marianhill, he obtained a teaching certificate at Maphumulo Teachers' Training College. He began writing at an early age and was published in newspapers and magazines from the age of 11.In 1956 he won the Bantu Literary Competition Award and earned a Masters degree in the Arts from the University of Natal in 1959 for a paper entitled “An Analytical Survey of Zulu Poetry, Both Traditional and Modern".He went to England on a scholarship from Christian Action in 1959,leaving on exit permit since he was denied a passport.

After a brief stint in Lesotho, Kunene travelled to Britain planning to do his doctorate but events overtook that ambition and he was drawn into liberation politics, becoming the ANC's chief representative i

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Kunene, (Raymond) Mazisi

Nationality: South African. Born: Mazisi ka Mdabuli Kunene, in Durban, Natal, 12 May 1930. Education: Natal University, B.A. (honors) in Zulu and history, M.A. in Zulu Poetry; attended School of Oriental and African Studies, London, 1959. Family: Married Mabowe Mathabo in 1973; four children. Career: Head of department of African Studies, University College of Roma, Lesotho; director of education for South African United Front; member of Anti-Apartheid and Boycott movement in Britain, 1959–68; chief representative, African National Congress in Europe and United States, 1962, and director of finance, 1972; visiting professor of African literature, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California; head of African Studies, University of Iowa; associate professor, then professor of African literature and languages, University of California, Los Angeles. Member, Faculty of Humanities, University of Natal, Durban. Has held positions in the Pan-African Youth movement and the Committee of African Organizations. Awards: Winner, Bantu Literary Competition,