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Samuel Edward Krune Mqhayi, Xhosa poet and prose writer, dies near King William’s Town. His first collection of poems, Imihobe
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- 01Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 7, p. 628
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South African History Online. (2012, July 20). Samuel Edward Krune Mqhayi, Xhosa poet and prose writer, dies near King William’s Town. His first collection of poems, Imihobe. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0088877
South African History Online (2012) 'Samuel Edward Krune Mqhayi, Xhosa poet and prose writer, dies near King William’s Town. His first collection of poems, Imihobe', South African History Online, 20 July. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0088877 (Accessed: 24 September 2026).
South African History Online, Samuel Edward Krune Mqhayi, Xhosa poet and prose writer, dies near King William’s Town. His first collection of poems, Imihobe [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0088877, (accessed 24 September 2026).
"Samuel Edward Krune Mqhayi, Xhosa poet and prose writer, dies near King William’s Town. His first collection of poems, Imihobe." South African History Online, 20 July 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0088877. Accessed 24 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "Samuel Edward Krune Mqhayi, Xhosa poet and prose writer, dies near King William’s Town. His first collection of poems, Imihobe." South African History Online. July 20, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0088877.
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