Mazisi Kunene
(1930-2006)
African poet
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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 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and become Africa's and South Africa's poet laureate.
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12 May 1930 Durban, South Africa
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11 August 2006 (aged 76) Durban, South Africa
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| Zodiac | Taurus |
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