Andrew Barton Paterson, known to generations of readers as “Banjo” Paterson, was born on 17 February 1864 at Narrambla station, near Orange in New South Wales. He died in Sydney on 5 February 1941, twelve days short of his seventy-seventh birthday. Between those dates he became one of the most familiar literary voices in Australia: poet, journalist, solicitor, war correspondent, editor, soldier, horseman, storyteller…
“The lecturing is not so bad but the lonely travelling is awful. Anyhow the money is good which is the main thing.”
Neighbourhood:
Folk & Ballad Poets, Nature Poets, Poet-Musicians
Emotional landscape: Wonder, Joy, Irony
Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa (July 21, 1921 - March 25, 2020) stands as one of South Africa's most remarkable cultural figures—a traditional healer (sangoma), author, artist, and cultural historian whose work spans the tumultuous transition from apartheid South Africa to the democratic era. Though often controversial and sometimes misunderstood, Mutwa's contributions to preserving indigenous African knowledge systems, stor…
“Ask Jesus Christ hanging on the cross, why did they crucify you? Human beings are like that. They kill those that save them.”
Neighbourhood:
Folk & Ballad Poets, Mystical & Spiritual Poets, Nature Poets, Social Justice Poets
Emotional landscape: Anger, Despair, Sorrow
