TY  - GEN
T1  - Amal'ezulu
A1  - Vilakazi, B. Wallet (Benedict Wallet), 1906-1947
A1  - Zondi, Mpume
A1  - Khumalo, Langa
LA  - English
PP  - Johannesburg
PB  - Wits University Press
YR  - 2021
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1287077267
AB  - <I>Amal'ezulu</i> (<i>Zulu Horizons</i>), first published in 1945, was the second volume of poetry produced by the renowned Zulu author B. W. 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 this gold to the surface but never experienced the benefits of the wealth it produced for the mine owners. <br><br>Renowned as the father of Nguni literature, Vilakazi was both a traditional imbongi (bard) and a forward-looking poet who could fuse Western poetic forms with Zulu izibongo (praise poetry). In these poems he assumes the role of the voice of the voiceless, and gives poignant expression to the stoic endurance of those caught up in the brutalities of capitalist exploitation of African labour, and the appalling injustices of the migrant labour system.
CN  - PL8844.V5 N613 2018
SN  - 1776145410
SN  - 9781776145416
SN  - 1776141105
SN  - 9781776141104
KW  - Zulu poetry : Translations into English.
KW  - Poésie zouloue.
KW  - Zoulou (Langue) : Textes.
KW  - Poésie zouloue : 20e siècle.
KW  - African.
KW  - POETRY.
KW  - Zulu poetry
KW  - poetry.
KW  - Translations
KW  - Poetry.
KW  - Poésie.
ER  -