Mbulelo Mzamane
| Mbulelo Vizikhungo Mzamane | |
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| Born |
28 July 1948 Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
| Died | 16 February 2014 (aged 65) |
| Notable works | A Trilogy: –The Children of Soweto, –The Children of the Diaspora and Other Stories of Exile, –Where There is No Vision the People Perish: Reflections on the African Renaissance; Also, Mzala, My Cousin Comes to Jo'burg and The Race Between the Turtles and Cheetahs (children's book). |
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Mbulelo Vizikhungo Mzamane (28 July 1948 – 16 February 2014) was a South African author, poet, and academic. He was described by the late President Nelson Mandela as a “visionary leader and one of South Africa’s greatest intellectuals”.
Mbulelo was born in Port Elizabeth, and grew up first in Soweto and then in the Brakpan-Springs area. His mother Flamma Cingashe Nkonyeni was a nurse and his father Canon Joshua Bernard Mbizo Mzamane was an Anglican priest; both were community leaders. His early schooling was in Soweto, and he later attended high school at St. Christopher's in Swaziland, where he was taught by distinguished writer and journalist Can Themba.
Mbulelo did his undergraduate education at the then University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland (UBLS, Roma Campus), obtaining dual degrees in English and Philosophy and a Certificate in education cum laude. He also obtained an M.A. in English from UBLS.
He taught at Mabathoana High School in Lesotho before moving to Botswana, from where he was later expelled for political activism. He obtained his PhD in English Literature from the University of Sheffield, England.
He held various academic positions in Lesotho, Botswana, England, Nigeria, USA, Germany, Australia and South Africa. In 1976 he was the first recipient of the Mofolo-Plomer Prize for Literature.
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