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The Wretched of the Earth has been translated into South Africa’s Zulu language. Its translator MAKHOSAZANA XABA explains why Frantz Fanon’s revolutionary book still matters and why is it important that books like this be available in isiZulu
CONTINUING RELEVANCE: (Left) Frantz Fanon at a press conference during a writers' conference in Tunis, 1959; (right) Justice for All March Washington DC in 2014
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ALTHOUGH newspapers in isiZulu, a Southern Bantu language, have existed since the mid-1800s, only Ilanga lase Natal, founded in 1903, has survived. But the readership for isiZulu literature is massive.
IsiZulu is the majority language in South Africa; 23 per cent of the population speaks it as their first language.
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