Name Mafika Gwala | Role Poet | |
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Books No lullabies, Jol'iinkomo | ||
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Mafika Pascal Gwala (5 October 1946-5 September 2014) was a contemporary South African poet and editor, writing in English and Zulu.
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- Tributes are pouring in for renowned pascal mafika gwala
- Mafika Gwala The Children of Nonti 092013
- Early life and education
- Work and activism
- Writing
- Works
- References
Mafika Gwala: The Children of Nonti - 09/2013
Early life and education
Mafika Gwala was born and grew up in Verulam, north of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. He completed an M.Phil. in Politics from the University of Natal and was a researcher at Manchester University.
Work and activism
He spent most of his adult life in Mpumalanga Township, west of Durban. He worked in a factory as a clerk, an industrial relations officer, a high school teacher and a guest university lecturer aside from writing and editing.
Gwala was active in the struggle against apartheid and a leading light of the 1970s Black Consciousness movement, of which he says:
Writing
In 1982, Gwala published a book of Black Consciousness poetry in a collection called No More Lullabies. His work is characterised by a rhythmic musicality he attributes to the Zulu language. In 1991 he edited and translated into English a collection of Zulu writing entitled Musho! Zulu Popular Praises.
Works
Poetry
Edited