Ncedile Saule

Ncedile Saule is a South African novelist, writer and academic.

Career

Saule was born in Fort Beaufort and is from the Bhayi, Mvulane clan.[1] Saule has written a number of notable works in Xhosa, including Unyana Womntu, which was adapted for television by the SABC in 1989,[2] as well as Umthetho KaMthetho and Inkululeko Isentabeni. He has twice won the Nguni category in the M-Net Literary Awards.[3]

Saule was a Xhosa lecturer at the University of South Africa from 1982 until joining Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in around 2013.[3] He is a Xhosa lecturer at Rhodes University.

Awards

Works

Novels
  • Unyana Womntu
  • Idinga
  • Ukhozi Olumaphiko
  • Indlalifa
  • Umlimandlela
  • Ilizwe Linjani

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Textbooks
  • Intaba Kamnqwazi[4]

References

  1. A critical analysis of the screen adaptation of Saule’s Unyana womntu. by Thembisa Mbatsha, p.6
  2. "King Hintsa Memorial Lecture 2017 by Prof Ncedile Saule - Xhosa Culture". Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  3. Ben. "The 2011 M-Net Literary Awards Winners". Sunday Times Books LIVE. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012.
  4. "Publications". new.ilithapublishers.co.za. Retrieved 26 May 2019.


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