Mafika Pascal Gwala (1947–2014) The poet-activist and the mirage of freedom

Mafika Pascal Gwala who passed away in September at the age of sixty seven (67) will be remembered as a straight- talking and often cantankerous South African poet who made a notable contribution to South African English poetry in the 1970s and 1980s. Born in Verulam in 1946, Gwala started writing i...

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Main Author: Thengani H Ngwenya
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: Tydskrif vir Letterkunde Association 2017-03-01
Series:Tydskrif vir Letterkunde
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Online Access:https://journals.assaf.org.za/index.php/tvl/article/view/1829
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Summary:Mafika Pascal Gwala who passed away in September at the age of sixty seven (67) will be remembered as a straight- talking and often cantankerous South African poet who made a notable contribution to South African English poetry in the 1970s and 1980s. Born in Verulam in 1946, Gwala started writing in 1966 and his first poems and short stories appeared in the Classic, New Nation, Realities and Ophir. He edited the Black Review in 1973 and published essays in several books and magazines.
ISSN:0041-476X
2309-9070