Poetic Obituaries: [Mazisi Kunene] belongs to a generation

of novelists and poets that came of age during the 1950s and 1960s, as African nationalism--and the optimism inherent in it--was on the rise, said Ntongela Masilela, professor of English and world literature at Pitzer College in Claremont.

"Mazisi Kunene is simply the greatest African poet in the 20th century. Period," Masilela said.

from Los Angeles Times: Mazisi Kunene, 76; Zulu Poet and Teacher Fought Apartheid

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