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Mafika Gwala was born on 5 October, 1946 in South Africa, is a South African poet and editor. Discover Mafika Gwala's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 67 years old?

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Age 67 years old
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Born 5 October, 1946
Birthday 5 October
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Date of death 5 September, 2014
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Nationality South Africa

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1946

Mafika Pascal Gwala (5 October 1946 – 5 September 2014) was 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 completed an M.Phil.

in Politics from the University of Natal and was a researcher at Manchester University.

Gwala spent most of his adult life in Mpumalanga Township, west of Durban.

He 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.

1970

Gwala was active in the struggle against apartheid and a leading light of the 1970s Black Consciousness movement, of which he says:We didn’t take Black Consciousness as a kind of Bible, it was just a trend, which was a necessary one because it meant bringing in what the white opposition [to apartheid] couldn’t bring into the struggle.

So much was brought into the struggle through Black Consciousness.

1982

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.

1991

In 1991, he edited and translated into English a collection of Zulu writing entitled ''Musho!

Zulu Popular Praises''.

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