Lewis nkosi biography

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One of South Africa's most originally creative writers, Lewis Nkosi was born in in KwaZulu-Natal.

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Lewis Nkosi was a South African writer and journalist, who spent 30 years in exile as a consequence of restrictions placed on him and his writing by the Suppression of Communism Act and the Publications and Entertainment Act passed in the s.

Lewis Nkosi was born in Chesterville, Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal and was educated at local schools before enrolling at M. L. Sultan Technical.

Lewis nkosi place of birth.

Lewis Nkosi

Lewis Nkosi was born in Chesterville, Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal and was educated at local schools before enrolling at M. L. Sultan Technical College in Durban.

Nkosi began his writing career at the publication Ilanga lase Natal in Durban.

In 1956, he joined other African writers on the staff of Drum magazine, which was founded in 1951.

In his book Home and Exile and Other Selections (1965), Nkosi describes the Drum staff as "the new African[s] cut adrift from the tribal reserve - urbanised, eager, fast-talking and brash."

In 1960, Nkosi accepted a fellowship to study at Harvard University, and left South Africa on an exit permit.

Nkosi has since worked as an editor for The New African in London and NET in the United States.

Nkosi has also been a Professor of Literature at various universities, including the University of Wyoming, the University of California-Irvine, and universities in Zambia and Warsaw, Poland.

Nkosi has also worked with well known Afri