English-Isizulu / Isizulu-English Dictionary - by C M Doke & Benedict Wallet Vilakazi & D M Malcolm & Mzilikazi Khumalo (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

The first the English and Zulu Dictionary dictionary was published in 1958 by Wits Unviersity Press and compiled by C.M. Doke and B.W. Vilakazi, intended as a companion to the Zulu-English Dictionary compiled by Doke and Vilakazi (first published 1948 by Wits University Press). The first combined edition with English-isiZulu / isiZulu-English was published in 1990 and remains the definitive authority. A vised isiZulu orthography is introduced in this Fourth Edition in line with the approved PanSALB (2008) orthography revisions undertaken under the auspices and control of the Wits Language Centre, Johannesburg.

About the Author

C.M. Doke (Author)
C.M. Doke was a South African linguist working mainly on African languages. He was Head of Department of Bantu Studies at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

Benedict Wallet Vilakazi (Author)
Benedict Wallet Vilakazi (1906-1947) was a poet, novelist, and the first black African to be awarded a PhD and to tutor at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. In 2016 he was posthumously awarded the national Order of Ikhamanga - Gold.

D. M. Malcolm (Author)
D. M. Malcolm was a linguist and lecturer at the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal (previously the University of Natal).

Mzilikazi Khumalo (Author)
Mzilikazi Khumalo is a South African composer, and Professor Emeritus at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.