Lydia umkaSetemba

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Lydia umkaSetemba was a Zulu prose writer active in the 1850s and the 1860s. Her work has been claimed as the starting point of modern Zulu literature,[1] and she has been described as one of the "most famous performers of extended narrative".[2] Six narratives which she performed were included in Henry Callaway's 1868 collection of Zulu oral narratives.[3]

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  1. ^ Gikandi, S. (2003). Encyclopedia of African Literature. Taylor & Francis. p. 712. ISBN 978-1-134-58223-5. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
  2. ^ Middleton, J. (1997). Encyclopedia of Africa South of the Sahara. Encyclopedia of Africa South of the Sahara. C. Scribner's Sons. ISBN 978-0-684-80470-5. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
  3. ^ Andrzejewski, B.W.; Pilaszewicz, S.; Tyloch, W. (1985). Literatures in African Languages: Theoretical Issues and Sample Surveys. Cambridge University Press. p. 525. ISBN 978-0-521-25646-9. Retrieved 2023-05-04.