Mazisi Kunene

Mazisi Kunene (1930-2006), born Mazisi kaMdabuli Kunene, also Mazisi (Raymond) Kunene, was a South African writer. He is considered a leading African poet. He composed poems and wrote plays both in Zulu and English.

Wisdom & Quotes

• Watching Europe burn with its civilization of fire,

Watching America disintegrate with its gods of steel,
Watching the persecutors of mankind turn into dust,
Was I wrong? Was I wrong?

Miriam Makeba