The School of Arts and the Centre for Creative Arts, in collaboration with the Mazisi Kunene Foundation, cordially invites you to the 3rd Mazisi Kunene Memorial Lecture. The keynote address will be delivered by Professor Nompumelelo Zondi, Vice-Dean for Research, Postgraduate Studies, and Internationalisation in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of the Free State.
THEME: Sithini thina? Reflecting on Mazisi kaMdabuli Kunene: The National and Global Gem
DATE: Thursday, 10 October 2024
TIME: 13h00 – 15h00
VENUE: Howard College Theatre, Howard College Campus.
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Professor Mazisi Kunene was a champion of isiZulu literature, and the conservation of its unique forms. From a young age, he would write his poems originally in isiZulu, and would only later translate them into English and other languages. In 1993, UNESCO honoured him as the first Poet Laureate of Africa, for the extensive work he had done in documenting and preserving the isiZulu language.
UNESCO has declared 2022 – 2031 the international decade of indigenous languages. Considering this, UKZN’s School of Arts and the Centre for Creative Arts found it befitting to create a platform that focuses on Mazisi Kunene’s lifelong love for and relation with the isiZulu language.
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