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    Early life and education

    Benedict Vilakazi was born Bambatha kaMshini in 1906 at the Groutville Mission Station near KwaDukuza, Natal (now
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    Writing, teaching, research

    In 1933, Vilakazi released his first novel Nje nempela ("Really and Truly"), one of the first works of Zulu fiction to treat modern subject matter. He followed it in 1935 with the novel Noma nini as well as a poetry collection I… See more

    Born6 January 1906 · KwaDukuza, Natal
    Died26 October 1947 (aged 41) · Johannesburg, South Africa
    Legacy

    Vilakazi Street in Soweto is where two Nobel Laureates, Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu, once lived and it was named in honour of Vilakazi, who was also a former resident. Dr B.W. Vilakazi Secondary School in Z… See more

    Works

    • Inkondlo kaZulu (poetry), Witwatersrand University Press (Johannesburg), 1935.
    • Noma nini (novel), Yacindezelwa Emshinini Wasemhlathuzane (Mariannhill, Natal), 1935.… See more

    External links

    • Zulu Kingdom. Benedict Vilakazi - a short biography and bibliography - of this KwaZulu-Natal author.
    • "Benedict Wallet Vilakazi." Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2003.… See more

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