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In January 2020, the Don Mattera Legacy Foundation was launched in Eldorado Park, in order "to ensure that Mattera's legacy remains relevant to the current as well as future generations to recognise and appreciate the immense sacrifice and contribution he made on behalf of the classified 'coloureds' in the realm of literature arts, journalism and the liberation of SA."
Jul 18, 2022 · The Don Mattera Foundation said the poet died peacefully at his home in Protea Glen. It said he had been recovering after a medical check-up at the Military One Hospital in Pretoria a few weeks ago. The chairperson of the foundation, Jenny Jeftha, said Mattera's death would be felt locally and globally. She added:
- Cebelihle Bhengu
Jul 18, 2022 · The family of renowned poet Don Mattera has confirmed the legend has passed on. The 87-year-old was a prolific poet, author and anti-apartheid activist. His autobiography “memory is a weapon” celebrates life in Sophiatown in the 1950s.
- Memory Is The Weapon
- Poet of Compassion
- A Baobab Kneels
Don’s autobiography Memory is the Weapon (1987) is a seminal reflection on apartheid’s earliest crimes, particularly for its detailed observation of ordinary life, its unflinching portrayal of violence and its much-needed humour and humanity. It is the “poet as historian” described by South African author AC Jordan. An instance of the vividness of ...
“He led with his soul,” said Fasiha Hassan, scholar, activist and mentee of activist and political leader Jessie Duarteat an intimate Women of Waqf event at the Masjid-Ul-Islam in Fordsburg specifically designed for community healing following the deaths of Yasmin Jessie Duarte and Don Muhammad Omaruddin Mattera. Spirituality and poetry are on the ...
The aesthetic concerns of oral poetry do not always successfully transfer to the page; sound demands a musicality that is sometimes at odds with the content of a poem. Don Mattera’s unforgettable voice straddled traditions and united divergent and often contradictory imperatives: he was an oral poet and a writer, an Italian and an African, a nation...
Jul 18, 2022 · Iconic poet, literature legend and activist Don “Bra Zinga” Mattera has died. Mattera died just a day after Joburg Theatre honoured him with a spot on the walk of fame for his contribution to ...
Jul 18, 2022 · Renowned poet, author and anti-apartheid activist Don Mattera has died at the age of eighty-seven. Mattera's family confirmed that he passed away peacefully at his home in Protea Glen, Johannesburg, today, Monday 18 July—which is celebrated in South Africa as Mandela Day. Mattera will be buried according to Muslim rites. Mattera was born in 1935...
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Jul 19, 2022 · Award-winning poet, author, journalist and community activist Don Mattera died at the age of 87 yesterday. His eldest son, Greg, confirmed that his father who was recovering after a medical check-up at One Military Hospital in Pretoria a few weeks ago died peacefully at his home in Protea Glen.
