Benedict Wallet Vilakazi : South African Novelist, a Descendant of the Zulu Royal Family, Author of Romantic Poetry in the Zulu Language, a Professor at the University of Witwatersrand, and the First Black South African to Receive a PhD

January 6, 1906 — October 26, 1947

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A South African novelist, a descendant of the Zulu royal family, and author of Romantic poetry in the Zulu language. Vilakazi was also a professor at the University of Witwatersrand, where he became the first Black South African to teach University classes to White South Africans. In 1946, Vilakazi also became the first Black South African to receive a PhD.

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January 6, 1906

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October 26, 1947

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