Mazisi Raymond Kunene, poet: born Durban, South Africa 12 May 1930; married (three sons, one daughter); died Durban 12 August 2006. Mazisi Kunene was one of the greatest figures of South African and ...

Mazisi Kunene, the first poet laureate of a democratic South Africa whose works recorded the history of the Zulu nation, has died at age 76. Kunene also played a leading role in the anti-apartheid ...

Google Doodle celebrates Mazisi Kunene, an anti-apartheid activist and South African poet laureate, on his 92nd birthday. Mazisi Kunene was born on May 12, 1930, in Durban, a South African province ...

Mazizi Kunene, who died last week aged 76, was hailed as one of South Africa’s leading poets, and indeed Africa’s, having been declared the continent’s poet laureate by Unesco in 1993. I recall, a ...

In the past, most African societies were oral societies. Although some African societies such as in ancient Egypt, the KhoiSan and Nigerians, used hieroglyphics, rock art and Nsibidi as a form of ...

Mazisi Kunene was born on May 12, 1930, in Durban, a South African province now called KwaZulu-Natal. Kunene began writing poetry in the Zulu language as a child, and by 11 years old he had had his ...