Inkondlo ka Zulu
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[Source - Benathi Marufu for FHYA, 2022: A copy of the first book of poems published in isiZulu, and marked the launch of the newly established Bantu (later, African) Treasury Series (published by the University of the Witwatersrand Press), a collection of twenty classic works written between 1935 and 1987 in African indigenous languages. It contains superb nature poems and also reflects Vilakazi’s contact with Western modernity. As both a traditional imbongi (bard) and a forward-looking poet who could fuse Western poetic forms with Zulu izibongo (praise poetry), he used his writings to express his resistance to the appalling injustices of the migrant labour system. By committing to writing in poetic form what had traditionally been conveyed orally from one generation to the next, he preserves for future generations deep philosophical and emotional experiences of Zulu society.]
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Inkondlo ka Zulu
[ Source of title : FHYA using Benedict Wallet Vilakazi's material ]
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Creative Commons License: CC BY-NC-ND https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
[Source - Benathi Marufu for FHYA, 2022: Written by Benedict Wallet Vilakazi before 1935. Published in 1935 by an unknown publisher. A copy was acquired by UCT Libraries at an unknown date. It was digitised by FHYA in October 2022 and uploaded by Benathi Marufu for FHYA.]
Event Actor | Event Type | Event Date | Event Description |
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Five Hundred Year Archive (FHYA) | Online curation | 2022- | Digitised by FHYA in October 2022 |
University of Cape Town Libraries | Custody | 19-? | |
Benedict Wallet Vilakazi | Writing | before 1935 |
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