Tatamkhulu Afrika [SEP] date of birth
Tatamkhulu Afrika
Ismail Joubert (7 December 1920 – 23 December 2002), commonly known as Tatamkhulu Afrika, which is Xhosa for "Grandfather Africa", was a South African poet and writer. His first novel, "Broken Earth" was published when he was seventeen (under his "Methodist name"), but it was over fifty years until his next publication, a collection of verse entitled "Nine Lives".
He won numerous literary awards including the gold Molteno Award for lifetime services to South African literature
and leggings from M.I.A.'s 2008 "Okley Run" fashion line
People with the surname.
- Cecil Afrika (born 1988), South African rugby player
- Tatamkhulu Afrika, South African poet and writer
Other uses.
- Africa, the continent
- The Afrika Korps, a German Army during World War II
See also.
- Africa (disambiguation)
- McAfrika, a former McDonald's hamburger