1. Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali Brian Farina

2. Places Born in Vryheid, Natal University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg Lived in Soweto

3. Society Wrote in both English and Zulu Was a messenger in Soweto before a poet Studied at Columbia University and University of Iowa after his first book Taught at New York City College of Technology

4. Apartheid Was introduced in 1948 Classified four group – Native – White – Coloured – Asian

5. Books Sounds of a Cowhide Drum (1971) – Won the Olive Schreiner Prize Fire flames (1980) – Banned by the African government