Olive Schreiner Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 14 (1974) Winner
Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali
オズワルド・ムブイセニ・ムツァリ
Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali
Aliases:
Oswald Mtshali
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1940-01-17 （Vryheid, Natal Province, South Africa）
- Nationality
- South Africa
- Languages
- Zulu, English, Afrikaans
- Residence History
- Greenhills → Soweto → Vryheid
Career
- Occupations
- poet, messenger, educator
- Active Years
- 1975-
- Affiliations
- Pace College (vice-principal), New York City College of Technology
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia University | — | — | — | — | United States |
Columbia University
Country:
United States
Studied at Columbia University
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Olive Schreiner Prize | Sounds of a Cowhide Drum | — | — | won |
Olive Schreiner Prize
1974
Work:
Sounds of a Cowhide Drum
Result:
won
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Sounds of a Cowhide Drum
1975 poetryExplores both the banality and extremity of apartheid through the eyes of working men of South Africa, while recalling the energy of ancestors.
apartheidworking menancestors
Fireflames
1980 poetryFar more militant, often expressly promising revolution. Poems about the people and their life in a hostile society.
revolutionoppressionstruggle
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Documentation of apartheid strugglePerspective of working menInvocation of ancestors
- Recurring Motifs
- drumancestorsfear
Legacy
One of the first black South African poets whose work was widely distributed, popular among white liberals, documenting apartheid oppression.
Quotes
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I am the drum on your dormant soul, cut from the black hide of a sacrificial cow. I am the spirit of your ancestors...
Source: Sounds of a Cowhide Drum (1975)
Trivia
- Full Zulu name: Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali ngu nyana ka Ayola no Unam