Three protagonists in B.W. Vilakazi’s “Ezinkomponi” (“On the mine compounds”)
In this poem the great Zulu poet B.W. Vilakazi is preoccupied with the surreal scene of a gold mine compound in the 1940s Johannesburg, and reflects on the three protagonists of the drama that plays out in front of him: the miners, mine magnates and the heavy machinery, all things that drive the ent...
Main Author: | N. Zondi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | Afrikaans |
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AOSIS
2011-06-01
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Series: | Literator |
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Online Access: | https://literator.org.za/index.php/literator/article/view/17 |
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