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…
“Don't get angry over shadows. Let the pains of the past go by, because if you do, your soul becomes corrupted, your soul becomes warped.”
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Folk & Ballad Poets, Mystical & Spiritual Poets, Nature Poets, Social Justice Poets
Emotional landscape: Anger, Despair, Sorrow
Arthur Shearly Cripps was born on 10 June 1869, the son of Charles Alfred Cripps, later the first Baron Parmoor, and Theresa Potter Cripps. He belonged, by birth and education, to the privileged English world that supplied many of the administrators, clergy, soldiers, and writers of the British Empire. Yet the course of his life led him into a searching and often lonely quarrel with that world. He became an Anglican…
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Devotional Poets, Hymn Writers, Social Justice Poets, Welsh Poets
Emotional landscape: Spirituality, Longing, Sorrow
