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[Source - Benathi Marufu for FHYA, 2022: A copy of the the second volume of poetry produced by author Benedict Wallet Vilakazi. It was written during the ten years he spent living in Johannesburg, in ���exile��� from his birthplace, KwaZulu-Natal. The poems in this collection represent a turning point in Vilakazi���s life; they express yearnings for the beloved land, animals and ancestral spirits of his rural home, as well as expressions of deep disillusionment with the urban life he encountered in the ���City of Gold���, and in particular the suffering of the black miners who brought the gold to the surface but never experienced the benefits of the wealth it produced for the mine owners.]
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[Source - Benathi Marufu for FHYA, 2022: Written by Benedict Wallet Vilakazi before 1945. Published in 1945 in the Bantu (later, African) Treasury Series by the University of the Witwatersrand Press. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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