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Book SynopsisObekekileyo uAtshdikin Profesa Peter Tshobisa Mtuze odla umhlalaphantsi yimbongi, umfundisi nesifundiswa esaziwayo. Wakha wasebenza njengetoliki kwiinkundla zoMzantsi Afrika omdala, umsasazi, umthengisi-ncwadi kumzi oshicilela iincwadi, umsebenzi kurhulumente wephandle, umhlohli eUNISA, UMhleli oyiNtloko weSichazi-magama saseFort Hare, phambi kokuba angene kwiYunivesithi iRhodes njengeProfesa neNtloko yeSebe leeLwimi zesiNtu, ngaphandle koko waba liSekela Mlawuli-Khampasi neSekela Rejistra.
Upapashe, ukususela kowe-1966 ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, ngaphezu kwama-30 eencwadi zeendidi ngeendidi, umz. iinoveli, amabali amafutshane, izincoko, imidlalo, isihobe, iincwadi ezingobomi bakhe, iincwadi ezingenkcubeko nezingezakwaLizwi. Ezinye zezo ncwadi zafumana amabhaso kumaziko ngamaziko yaye enye yeenoveli zakhe yafakwa kuluhlu lweencwadi ezibalaseleyo. Ezinye iincwadi zakhe eziliqela ziyafumaneka ngebreyile nangamazwi ashicilelweyo.
Waguqulela esiXhoseni incwadi ebalaseleyo yalowo wayesakuba nguMongameli weli lizwe ubawo uNelson Mandela ethi Long Walk to Freedom yathi Indlela ende eya enkululekweni.
Ephuma kwintlalo yobuhlwempu yasefama, umbhali ulwile ukubheka phezulu wada waba sesinye sezifundiswa ezibalaseleyo nesithwele ezi zidanga zilandelayo: esePhD kwiYunivesithi yaseKapa, eseDTh seUNISA nesembeko seDLit (hc) saseRhodes. Imbali engobomi bakhe imele kuba yinkuthazo enkulu kuye wonke ubani.
Trade ReviewThe Ven. Archdeacon Professor Emeritus Peter Tshobisa Mtuze is a poet, priest and academic. He has worked as an interpreter in the law courts of the old South Africa, as a radio announcer, a salesperson for a publishing company, a civil servant in the homeland government structures, a lecturer at UNISA, and as Editor in Chief of the Greater Dictionary of isiXhosa at Fort Hare. He then joined Rhodes University as Professor and Head of the isiXhosa Department, and he also served there as Deputy Campus Director and Deputy Registrar.
From 1966 to date, he has published more than 30 books in many genres – novels, short stories, essays, drama, poetry, autobiography, and cultural and theological publications. Some of these works received awards and accolades from various institutions, and one of his novels is on the list of literary classics. Many of the titles are available in Braille and as audio recordings.
Mtuze translated former President Nelson Mandela's monumental autobiography Long Walk to Freedom into isiXhosa as
Indlela ende eya enkululekweni.
