1. Benedict Wallet Vilakazi was a renowned Zulu writer and academic born in 1906 in Groutville, South Africa. He was the first black person to earn a doctorate degree and teach at the University of the Witwatersrand. 2. Vilakazi published several influential works including his first collection of Zulu poems Inkondlo KaZulu in 1935. He also wrote novels, dictionaries, and academic texts on Zulu language and culture. 3. Vilakazi's poems and stories explored themes of history, nature, spirituality, death, and the struggles of black South Africans under apartheid. His work helped establish Zulu literature and language and he remains an iconic figure in South

1. Izinkondlo ZikaBW Vilakazi
UMLANDO OMFISHANE KAVILAKAZI
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2. BW Vilakazi
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3. Umlando ngokuzalwa kwakhe
• UBenedict Wallet Vilakazi wabona ilanga mhla
ziyi-6 kuMasingana ngo-1906 endaweni
yaseGroutville
• Wathola igama lokumteketisa likaBhambatha
kaMakhwatha ngoba ezalwe ngonyaka wempi
kaKhandampondo ka-1906 eyayiholwa yinkosi
uBhambatha KaMancinza wakwaZondi
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4. Umlando
• Wafundela ubuthishela eMarianhill waphinde
wafundisa khona. Wabe esedlula efundisa
eXobho kanye nasOhlange.
• Waphothula iziqu zakhe ze-BA ne-Unisa ngo-
1934.
• Ngo-1936 waqashwa ukuba afundise isiZulu
eYunivesithi yaseWits. Ngawo lo nyaka
wakwazi ukwenza iziqu ze-BA Hons.
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5. Umlando
• Ngo-1937 wathola iziqu ze-MA ngocwaningo lwakhe
oluthi: The conception and development of poetry in
Zulu.
• Ayibanga mihle iminyaka yawo-1940 empilweni
kaVilakazi: kwashona umfowabo ngo-1940, kwashona
umkakhe uFanny, uMaNxaba ngo-1942.
• Nokho wayibamba ngoba ngo-1946 wathola iziqu
zobudokotela ngocwaningo olusihloko sithi: The oral
and written literature in Nguni
• UVilakazi washona ngo-1947 eneminyaka engama-40
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6. Imisebenzi Yakhe
• UVilakazi wayengumuntu okhuthele. Ube
ngumuntu wokuqala omnyama ukuthola iqhuzu
zobudokotela. Ube ngowokuqala futhi ukufundisa
eYunivesithi yaseWitwatersrand neyayaziwa
njengeyunivesithi yabamhlophe.
• Iqoqo lokuqala lezinkondlo zesiZulu liphuma
osibeni lukaVilakazi: Inkondlo KaZulu
nelashicilelwa ngo-1935.
• Inoveli yakhe ethi Noma Nini yashicilelwa ngo-
1935
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7. Imisebenzi yakhe
• Washicilela inoveli yakhe yesibili ethi
UDingiswayo KaJobe ngo-1939, kanti eyesithathu
ethi Nje Nempela yaphuma ngo-1943. Iqoqo
lakhe lesibili lezinkondlo elithi Amal’ ezulu
lalandela ngo-1945.
• Omunye umsebenzi obalulekile esiZulwini
yisichazamazwi esithi Zulu-English Dictionary
awubhala ngokubambisana noClement Doke
nowashicilelwa ngo-1948 engasekho emhlabeni.
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8. Imisebenzi Yakhe
• Ziningi izimbongi ezithathela kuVilakazi uma
zihaya. Ziningi futhi ezihaya ngale ngwazi,
ngisho nanamuhla.
• Ezinye zezinkondlo zakhe njengalezi ezithi:
“Ma ngificwa ukufa” kanye nethi
“Kwadedangendlale” zaguqulwa nguSolwazi
uMzilikazi Khumalo zaba yizingoma
zamakwaya ezaduma kakhulu.
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9. Imisebenzi Yakhe
• AYEBHALA NGAKHO:
• Kukhona izinkondlo zakhe ezikhuluma
ngomlando:
• “UShaka kaSenzangakhona” (Inkondlo KaZulu)
• “Phezu kwethuna likaShaka” (Inkondlo KaZulu)
• “NgoMbuyazi eNdondakusuka” (Amal’ ezulu)
• “Inkelenkele yakwaXhosa” (Inkondlo KaZulu)
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10. Imvelo
• Kukhona nezinkondlo ezikhuluma
ngemvelo:
• “Impophoma yeVictoria” (Inkondlo
KaZulu)
• “KwaDedangendlale” (Amal’ ezulu)
• “Inqomfi” (Inkondlo KaZulu)
• “Cula ngizwe” (Inkondlo KaZulu)
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11. Ugqozi
• Ubuye abhale ngezinto ezingabonakali ezifana
nogqozi:
• “Ugqozi” (Amal’ ezulu)
• “Ithongo lokwazi” (Inkondlo KaZulu)
• “Umthandazo wembongi” (Amal’ ezulu)
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12. Ukufa
• Ezinye zezinkondlo zakhe zikhuluma ngokufa:
• “Ukufa” (Inkondlo KaZulu)
• “Sengiyokholwa-ke” (Inkondlo KaZulu)
• “Sengiyakholwa” (Amal’ ezulu)
• “Nayaphi?” (Amal’ ezulu)
• “Ma ngificwa ukufa” (Inkondlo KaZulu)
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13. Amagugu
• Ezinye zilila ngokulahlekelwa kwabantu
abamnyama amagugu nomcebo wabo:
• “Wo, leli Khehla” (Amal’ ezulu)
• “Ukhamba lukaSonkomose” (Inkondlo KaZulu)
• “Izinsimbi zesonto” (Amal’ ezulu)
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14. Ubandlululo
• Izinkondlo ezikhononda ngokubandlululwa
komuntu oMnyama ngabaMhlophe:
• “Wo ngitshele mntanomLungu” (Amal’ ezulu)
• “Inyanga” (Amal’ ezulu)
• “Ngoba … sewuthi” (Amal’ ezulu)
• “Ezinkomponi” (Amal’ ezulu)
• “Wena-ke uyothini?” (Inkondlo KaZulu)
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15. Isiphetho
• Eqoqweni lakhe Inkondlo KaZulu
wazama ukusebenzisa
imvumelwano kwase kuthi
kwelesibili elithi Amal’ ezulu
wayehla le nqola.
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16. IZINKONDLO OKUMELE UZIFUNDE:
Inkondlo KaZulu:
• Ngephasika
• Inkelenkele YakwaXhosa
• Ukhamba LukaSonkomose
• We Moya
• Ma ngificwa ukufa
• UShaka KaSenzangakhona
• Aggrey we-Afrika
• Wena-ke uyothini?
• Impophoma YeVictoria
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17. IZINKONDLO OKUMELE UZIFUNDE
Amal’ ezulu
• Ugqozi
• Imfundo ephakeme
• Wo, ngitshele mntanomLungu!
• Nyanga
• Ngoba … sewuthi
• Ezinkomponi
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18. Ukhamba LukaSonkomose
Ukhamba LukaSonkomose
Babomkhulu! Angikwazi
Kodwa ngikhuluma nawe,
Ngingenakubona wena
Kodwa ngibon’ amabhena,
Athe kim’ azalwa nguwe,
Anginika lokhu kwazi.
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19. Phambi kwami nant’ ukhamba,
Bath’ ukhamb’ olwaludlela
Wena mfo waseMzwangedwa,
Owashiy’ uhamba wedwa
Wakhohlwa nokukhumbula
Okuphethwe lolu khamba.
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20. Impophoma yeVictoria
Gobhoza kuze kubenini manzi
Agubha ngempophoma nokwesaba,
Nobuhle! Yebo, ungaphazanyiswa
Gobhoza nokujul’ okungaziwa!
UNkulunkul’ ogcobe isimongo
Sekhanda lakho ngomudwa wothingo
Lwenkosikazi, nenkung’ engapheli
Egubezele izinyawo zakho.
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21. IMPOPHOMA YEVICTORIA
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