S.E.K. Mqhayi: Iziganeko Zesizwe: Occasional Poems (1900-1943) by Jeff Opland & Peter T. Mtuze [New]

ISBN: 9781869143343 / 1869143345 - S.E.K. Mqhayi: Iziganeko Zesizwe: Occasional Poems (1900-1943): Publications of the Opland Collection of Xhosa Literature by Jeff Opland and Peter T. Mtuze. Published by UKZN Press, 2017. Softcover. New. 512 pp.

Samuel Edward Krune Mqhayi (1875-1945) was the most prominent South African imbongi of his day, a Xhosa oral poet who declaimed his impromptu poetry on occasions of significance to his people. The author of numerous works of poetry, fiction and non-fiction, biography, autobiography, and translation, Mqhayi's contributions to Xhosa-language newspapers remains unparalleled in scope and volume.

This book reclaims and assembles a chronological sequence of Mqhayi's occasional poems, for the most part now unknown. Sixty poems celebrate significant events in the calendar, on occasions of national or international importance. They constitute Iziganeko zesizwe, a chronicle of the nation, between 1900 and 1943: poetic responses to events from the perspective of the greatest figure in Xhosa literature.

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