Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Mafika Pascal Gwala (born 1946) is a contemporary South African poet and editor, writing in English and Zulu.Mafika Gwala was born and grew up in [Verulam] North of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. He spent most of his adult life in Mpumalanga Township, west of Durban. He has worked in a factory as a clerk, an industrial relations officer, a high school teacher and a guest university lecturer aside from writing and editing. He also has an MPhil in Politics from the University of Natal and was a researcher at Manchester University.Gwala was active in the struggle against Apartheid and a leading light of the 1970s Black Consciousness movement of which he says: In 1982, Gwala published a book of Black Consciousness poetry in a collection called No More Lullabies.His work is characterised by a rhythmic musicality he attributes to the Zulu language. In 1991 he edited and translated into English a collection of Zulu writing entitled Musho! Zulu Popular Praises. He currently lives in Mpumalanga Township, Hammarsdale.. }
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- Mafika_Gwala abstract "Mafika Pascal Gwala (born 1946) is a contemporary South African poet and editor, writing in English and Zulu.Mafika Gwala was born and grew up in [Verulam] North of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. He spent most of his adult life in Mpumalanga Township, west of Durban. He has worked in a factory as a clerk, an industrial relations officer, a high school teacher and a guest university lecturer aside from writing and editing. He also has an MPhil in Politics from the University of Natal and was a researcher at Manchester University.Gwala was active in the struggle against Apartheid and a leading light of the 1970s Black Consciousness movement of which he says: In 1982, Gwala published a book of Black Consciousness poetry in a collection called No More Lullabies.His work is characterised by a rhythmic musicality he attributes to the Zulu language. In 1991 he edited and translated into English a collection of Zulu writing entitled Musho! Zulu Popular Praises. He currently lives in Mpumalanga Township, Hammarsdale.".