Mazisi Kunene

I have to feature Mazisi Kunene's [1930-2006] poem "The Third Eye" here at PoetryInternational, translated by Vusi Mchunu. He was from South Africa; here's more information on him and more poems. 

He has a great, really interesting style that is a combination of imagery and great conceptual ideas. Few people can pull off a special concept within a poem, it's often too hokey for people after about 1920, but he has some great lines--here's an excerpt:

You will know it is the age of the third eye                    Kuzobe kuyilihlo elifunayo
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Cascading ribbons of thundering waterfalls                   Bona bungezimpophoma ezidilika zilandelana
That splash alluring forests with leaves in ochre red      Bona bungamahlathi ahlobise ngamahlamvu
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