Mazisi Kunene, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Mazisi Kunene

South African poet

Date of Birth: 12-May-1930

Place of Birth: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Date of Death: 11-Aug-2006

Profession: writer, poet, artist, university teacher

Nationality: South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Mazisi Kunene

  • Mazisi (Raymond) Kunene (12 May 1930 – 11 August 2006) 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.
  • He would later teach at UCLA and become Africa's and South Africa's poet laureate.

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