Wp/nd/Pathisa Nyathi
UPathisa Nyathi ngowezemfundo njalo engumlobi odumileyo kakhulu ngolimi lwesiNdebele, imbongi owezomdabuko ebhala lemidlalo. UPathisa Nyathi uyakhupha indaba lendatshana kumaphephandaba agoqela iSunday News, Umthunywa[1], The Sunday Mirror njalo lemsakazweni iSkys Metro FM walapha eZimbabwe. UPathisa Nyathi ulolwazi ngezamasiko njalo intshisakalo yakhe ngezemidlalo, lamasiko ukubonakalise kakhulu ngemisebenzi asebenze kiwo lemakhomithini angene kuwo. Usebenze waphathisa kuArt Industry yeZimbabwe. UPathisa Nyathi ungumlobi njalo lakuSunday News ngaphansi kwekhasi lweCultural heritage, iSunday Mirror kukhasi lweView from Bulawayo lakuDaily Mirror kukhasi uGiya Mthwakazi.[2]
Ekukhuleni kwakhe uNyathi ukhule ezithanda ezomdlalo esemakhomithini okuloba imidlalo. Ngesinye isikhathi ube ngunobhala jikelele kuZimbabwe Writers' Union eyaqala ngemva kukazibuse, okwaletha abalobi beAfrica ndawonye ngesikhathi seTrade Fair okwabuya abanye abalobi besuka eSouth Africa leNigeria.
Imisebenzi wakhe[edit | edit source]
UNyathi usebenze endaweni ezilandelayo:
- Education Officer (Non-Formal) Matabeleland North (1996-2002)
- Deputy Provincial Education Director Matabeleland North (2002-2004)
- Public Relations Officer with the Bulawayo City Council (2004-2008)
- Resource Person Culture Fund of Zimbabwe (2008-2009)
- Consultant in the Ministry of Water Resources, (January - July 2010)
- Secretary General, Zimbabwe Writers Union (1989-1990)
- Chairman of the National Association of Secondary School Heads (Nash) Matabeleland North (1990-1995)
- Deputy Director of Mthwakazi Actors and Writers Association (MAWA)
- Chairman of the Zimbabwe Academic and Non-Fiction Authors Association (ZANA) (Bulawayo Branch)
- Chairman of the Zimbabwe Writers Union (Bulawayo Branch)
- Chairman of Mpopoma High School Development Association,
- Committee Member of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Committee of Zimbabwe (2009).
- Some of the institutions’ boards he sat are Zimbabwe International Book Fair (ZIBF) (1989-1998)
- Zimbabwe Book Development Council (ZBDC),
- Mambo Press Editorial Advisory Board;
- Organization of Rural Associations for Progress (ORAP),
- Chairman of the Community Foundation for the Western Region of Zimbabwe,
- Zimbabwe Broadcasting Holdings (ZBH); Transmedia (2002-2009),
- Intwasa Arts Festival KoBulawayo;
- United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) (2010).
Izingwalo zakhe[edit | edit source]
- Taditional Ceremonies [3]
- Ngilecala (Indatshana - Literature Bureau, 1988)
- Kunzima Malokazana (Umdlalo - Longman, 1990)
- Vulingqondo 1 (a ZJC Ndebele revision book, 1990)
- Igugu Lika Mthwakazi (a history of the Ndebele from 1820 -1893 in the SiNdebele language), 1994
- Madoda Lolani Incukuthu, 1999[4] (a sequel to Igugu LikaMthwakazi covering the 1896 Ndebele resistance to colonialism)
- Uchuku Olungelandiswe, 1996, (a sequel to Madoda Lolani Incukuthu, dealing with Ndebele history during the colonial period.)
- In Search of Freedom: Masotsha Ndlovu, 1998 (a biography of one of the national heroes) Longman [5]
- Material Culture of the AmaNdebele (2000), Reach Out Publishers
- Alvord Mabena: The Man and His Roots (2000) Priority Projects Inyathelo 6 Longman 2001(Ndebele text book for Grade 6) Traditional Ceremonies of the AmaNdebele (2003) Mambo Press
- Zimbabwe Cultural Heritage (2004)[6]
- amaBooks (Ziyajuluka, 2001 translation of Czech stories) (Inkondlo 2005, translation of Czech poems) (Okwenza iqhude Likhonye, Sapes Trust, 1999, translation of Shona children’s book by Tendai Makura)
- Changing Material Culture of AmaNdebele (2009)
- Amagugu Arts Kolobeja: Folktales from a Ndebele Past 2009, Embassy of the Czech Republic, Zimbabwe
- Tumbale: A History of the Bhebhe People of Zimbabwe 2010, Amagugu Arts
- Lozikeyi Dlodlo: Queen of the Ndebele, in conjunction with Marieke Clarke, 2010, Amagugu Publishing [7]
- ISikhekhekhe Sabokhekhe, 2010 TEPP Marketing Publishers and Distributors
- UFikile Nyathi, Ezomdabu 1996 (Ibhuku labantwana) Zimawele Longman 2006
- Dickson Netsha Sibanda: A Biography. Starting a business in Zambia and aiding the struggle for Zimbabwe.
- A Cradle of the Revolution
- Presavation of Ndebele Art and Architecture.
- Echoes from the Past: Interpreting Zimbabwe s Decorative Symbols [8]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ https://www.umthunywa.co.zw/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220203104900/http://www.natartszim.org.zw/
- ↑ 978-0869227626
- ↑ Nyathi, Pathisa (1999) https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43145683 Gweru, Zimbabwe: Mambo Press.
- ↑ Pathisa Nyathi, 1998, In Search of Freedom: Masotsha Ndlovu, Harare: Longman
- ↑ https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/658205596
- ↑ Marieke Clarke, Pathisa Nyathi (2010). Lozikeyi Dlodlo: Queen of the Ndebele : a Very Dangerous and Intriguing Woman. Bulawayo: Amagugu. pp. 116. ISBN 978-0-7974-4266-5.
- ↑ 978-0797450141