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Alfred Themba Qabula
Alfred Themba Qabula (1942–2002) was a poet, writer and trade unionist in Durban, South Africa in the 1980s. He was a fork lift driver and a militant in the Metal and Allied Worker's Union. Qabula is best known as a "worker-poet" who managed the adaptation of traditional Zulu poetic forms to the gritty themes of daily life.
Biography.
Biography Early years.
Alfred Themba Qabula was born in Flagstaff, Pondoland (part of today's South Africa in 1942.
His father was a migrant mine worker who died when Alfred was very young.
Qabula was a participant in the 1959 Pondoland Rebellion. Following its failure, he fled to the forest, where he joined the African National Congress.
Qabula moved to the gold-mining town of Carletonville and entered the construction trade, living a meager existence in the hostels and compounds of the area. He worked as a fork life operator and was active in the Metal and Allied Worker's Union.
In 1969 Qabula moved to Durban