Zakes Mda
Sign in to saveAlso known as Zanemvula Kizito Gatyeni Mda
scrittore, poeta e drammaturgo sudafricano
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 60
Top works
- The whale caller
- Bits of debris
- Marotholi travelling theatre
- Verranno dal mare
- Formas de morir
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 30
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Efficacy of Salmeterol Xinafoate in the Treatment of COPD
· 1999 · cited 368x
- Pediatric primary benign cardiac tumors: A 15-year review
· 1997 · cited 259x
- Vaccine Efficacy of ALVAC-HIV and Bivalent Subtype C gp120–MF59 in Adults
· 2021 · cited 224x
- Seasonal fluctuations in environmental factors and variations in symbiotic algae and chlorophyll pigments in four Indo-Pacific coral species
· 1999 · cited 120x
- Surface charge on kaolinites in aqueous suspension
· 1976 · cited 102x
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Quotes
- “The boats are now restored to their former glory as a reminder of a bygone era and bygone manual practices so that present and future generations can see how fishermen of the old endured the stormy seas in small open boats powered by their own muscles.”
- “Conversely, Noria’s memory of the village is the pale herd boys, with mucus hang- ing from the nostrils, looking after cattle whose ribs you could count, on barren hills with sparse grass and shrups. The lean cattle and barren hills are partly result of overgrazing, which is in turn due to shortage of land for black people.”
- “They do not like to be called squatters. How can we be squatters on our land, in our own country? Squatters are those who came from across the sea to steal our land”
- “For instance, when the Whale Caller wants to consummate relationship with his wife, images of whale interfere at the moment of ex- citement and he goes limp”
- “He has neither touched a whale nor even Sharisha, except with his spirit - with his horn. He knows absolutely that this boat-based whale watching will be abused”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- South Africa
- Place of birth
- Sterkspruit
- Father
- Ashby Peter Solomzi Mda
- Occupation
- visual artist
- Educated at
- Ohio University
- Employer
- Ohio University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- painting
Show 1 more fact
- date of birth
- 1948-10-06
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Article · Italiano
Zakes Mda, pseudonimo di Zanemvula Kizito Gatyeni Mda , è uno scrittore, poeta, drammaturgo e pittore sudafricano. Dopo aver studiato e lavorato in Sudafrica, Lesotho e nel Regno Unito, attualmente insegna nel dipartimento di inglese della Ohio University ad Athens. Il suo romanzo più celebre, Ways of Dying è ambientato durante gli anni di transizione che hanno caratterizzato la trasformazione del Sudafrica in una nazione democratica. Narra la storia di Toloki, un uomo che, trovatosi senza lavoro, si inventa la peculiare professione di "Porta-lutto professionista". Si muove così attraverso il violento scenario urbano di una non specificata città sudafricana, ritrovando un vecchio amore tra le lotte intestine e le baraccopoli delle comunità nere.
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