Ezekiel Mphahlele (1919–2008)
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Es'kia: Es'kia Mphahlele on Education, African Humanism and Culture, Social Consciousness, Literary Appreciation (2003) 2 Exemplare
In Corner B (Penguin Classics) 2 Exemplare
Es'kia continued : literary appreciation, education, African humanism & culture, social consciousness (2005) 1 Exemplar
A Guide to Creative Writing 1 Exemplar
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Cry Sorrow, Cry Joy! Selections from Contemporary African Writers (1971) — Mitwirkender — 6 Exemplare
A Writer in Stone: South African Writers Celebrate the 70th Birthday of Lionel Abrahams (1998) — Vorwort — 4 Exemplare
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- Geburtstag
- 1919-12-17
- Todestag
- 2008-10-27
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- South Africa
- Wohnorte
- Marabastad, Pretoria, South Africa (birth)
Lesotho
Nigeria
Kenya
Zambia
France (Zeige alle 10)
Denver, Colorado, USA
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Johannesburg, South Africa
Lebowakgomo, South Africa - Ausbildung
- University of South Africa (BA|English Literature)
University of South Africa (MA|English Literature)
University of Denver (PhD|Philosophy)
Adams Teachers Training College - Berufe
- academic
novelist
essayist
short-story writer
teacher - Organisationen
- University of Pennsylvania
University of the Witwatersrand - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Order of the Southern Cross (South Africa)
Ordre des Palmes Académiques (1986)
South African Literary Award Lifetime Achievement (2005)
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Trust me, I have not spoiled the plot; the facts given above are all revealed quite early in the book.
The three sections are bracketed by chorus-like comic passages involving two refugee prisoners, from Zimbabwe and South Africa. Sometimes they converse with their visitors, Moyo or a South African teacher called Studs Letanka. The tale is set in a fictionalized Malawi immediately before and after independence, in the 1950s and '60s. There is a python motif throughout the book. The characters come from a kaleidoscope of ethnic groups: Bemba, Lozi, Tumbuka, Tonga [Chi]Nyanja, etc. History is invoked, and there are memories of wars with Ngoni and with Yao slave raiders. Studs Letanka says:
That’s a good sample of Mphahlele’s loquacious, unpolished, introspective style. This is a book of thoughts and anxieties about the future.… (mehr)