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Benedict Wallet Vilakazi

South African novelist
Benedict Wallet Vilakazi was a South African novelist, linguist, a descendant of the Zulu royal family, and a radically innovative poet who created a combination of traditional and Romantic poetry in the Zulu language. Wikipedia
Born: January 6, 1906, KwaDukuza, South Africa
Died: October 26, 1947 (age 41 years), Johannesburg, South Africa
Thesis: Oral and written literature in Nguni.
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