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Daniel Kunene holds degrees from the University of South Africa and the University of Cape Town. Currently emeritus professor of African Languages and Literatures, he has taught at the universities of Cape Town, London, UCLA, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. As poet, short story-writer, and translator, he has contributed tremendously to African literature. Among his many books are Heroic Poetry of the Basotho, Thomas Mofolo’s Chaka (trans.), A Seed Must Seem to Die, Pirates Have Become Our Kings, and From the Pit of Hell to the Spring of Life. He lives in Madison, Wisconsin where he is the reigning Chief of the Potluck Poets.

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