{"product_id":"amalezulu-9781776140596","title":"Amal'ezulu","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmal’ezulu\u003c\/em\u003e (Zulu Horizons) was the second volume of poetry produced by the renowned Zulu author B.W. Vilakazi. First published in 1945, it was written during the ten years he spent living in Johannesburg, having left his rural birthplace in KwaZulu-Natal. The poems in this collection express his yearnings for the beloved land, animals and ancestral spirits of his family home, as well as expressions of deep disillusionment with the urban life he encountered in the ‘City of Gold’, and in particular the suffering of the black miners who brought this gold to the surface but never experienced the benefits of the wealth it produced for the mine owners. Vilakazi was deeply conscious of the subhuman system that held these miners in its grip, and recorded their suffering in many of the poems in the collection.\u003cbr\u003eRenowned as the ‘father of Nguni literature’, Vilakazi was both a traditional imbongi (bard) and a forward-looking poet who could fuse Western poetic forms with Zulu izibongo (praise poetry). In these poems he assumes the role of the voice of the voiceless, and gives poignant expression to the stoic endurance of those caught up in the brutalities of the migrant labour system.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1 Ugqozi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2 Imbongi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3 Umthandazo Wembongi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4 OKomhlaba Kuyadlula\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5 Imfundo Ephakeme\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6 Wo, Ngitshele Mntanomlungu!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7 Yin’ Ukwazi?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8 Wo, Leli Khehla!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9 Ukuhlwa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10 Inyanga\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11 Ukuthula\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12 Nayaphi?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13 Ngoba ... Sewuthi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e14 Izinsimbi zesonto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e15 KwaDedangendlale\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e16 Imifula Yomhlaba\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e17 UMamina\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e18 NgoMbuyazi Endondakusuka\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e19 Ezinkomponi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e20 Sengiyakholwa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Wits University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53190409257303,"sku":"9781776140596","price":18.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/amalezulu-9781776140596","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}