Africa 500, Wednesday, April 12 & 19, 2023: African historian, playwright, poet Pathisa Nyathi

The Wednesday, April 12 and Wednesday, April 19 editions of Africa 500 feature the words of Pathisa Nyathi, African historian, playwright, poet, and founder of Amagugu International Heritage Center.

This discussion is presented as part pf the Master Teacher Series: Things Fall Apart, Africans and the Loss of African Spirituality.

Pathisa Nyathi is a Zimbabwean writer, author and publisher. Pathsia Nyathi is the founder of Amagugu International Heritage Centre in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. A writer, author and publisher, the former Secretary-General of the Zimbabwe Writers’ Union.

Pathisa Nyathi is also a columnist for The Sunday News (Cultural heritage), The Sunday Mirror (View from Bulawayo) and The Daily Mirror (Giya Mthwakazi). As a traditional or cultural preservationist, Nyathi, has published Traditional Ceremonies of AmaNdebele and Material Culture of AmaNdebele. Most of his publications are in Ndebele. His argument in writing in Ndebele is that it enables constant development of the language to achieve a rich cultural heritage for future generations. As both a writer and a historian his books are;

Publications

  • Ngilecala (a short story published by the Literature Bureau, 1988)
  • Kunzima Malokazana (a play published by Longman, 1990)
  • Vulingqondo 1 (a ZJC Ndebele revision book, 1990)
  • Igugu Lika Mthwakazi (a history of the Ndebele from 1820 -1893 in the SiNdebele language), 1994
  • Madoda Lolani Incukuthu, 1999 (a sequel to Igugu LikaMthwakazi covering the 1896 Ndebele resistance to colonialism)
  • Uchuku Olungelandiswe, 1996, (a sequel to Madoda Lolani Incukuthu, dealing with Ndebele history during the colonial period.)
  • In Search of Freedom: Masotsha Ndlovu, 1998 (a biography of one of the national heroes) Longman
    Material Culture of the AmaNdebele (2000), Reach Out Publishers
  • Alvord Mabena: The Man and His Roots (2000) Priority Projects Inyathelo 6 Longman 2001(Ndebele text book for Grade 6)
  • Traditional Ceremonies of the AmaNdebele (2003) Mambo Press
  • Cultural Heritage of Zimbabwe (2004)
  • amaBooks (Ziyajuluka, 2001 translation of Czech stories) (Inkondlo 2005, translation of Czech poems) (Okwenza iqhude Likhonye, Sapes Trust, 1999, translation of Shona children’s book by Tendai Makura)
  • Changing Material Culture of AmaNdebele (2009)
  • Amagugu Arts Kolobeja: Folktales from a Ndebele Past 2009, Embassy of the Czech Republic, Zimbabwe
  • Tumbale: A History of the Bhebhe People of Zimbabwe 2010, Amagugu Arts
  • Lozikeyi Dlodlo: Queen of the Ndebele, in conjunction with Marieke Clarke, 2010, Amagugu Publishing
  • ISikhekhekhe Sabokhekhe, 2010 TEPP Marketing Publishers and Distributors
  • UFikile Nyathi, Ezomdabu 1996 (children’s book) Zimawele Longman 2006

The video that is featured in these programs can be accessed at the following links:

Things Fall Apart (Part One, April 12)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UcI5jAD03Q

The Coming of an African Spiritual Revolution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mlgn3KSPHBA

Listen to the April 19, 2023 show here:

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