Internal Consultant | Ezekiel Mphahlele Trust
Johannesburg | 2007 - 2008

Honorary Professor | of English, University of Venda
1997 - 1997

Honorary Professor | of English, University of the North Unin
1995 - 1995

Professor Emeritus | University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg | 1988 - 2008

Education Advisor & Chair | Board Funda Centre
Soweto | 1986 - 1995

Professor, Head of African Literature | Department of Comparative and African Literature | University of the Witwatersrand
1983 - 1987

Senior Research Fellow | African Studies Institute | University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg | 1979 - 1982

Professor | African Literature Department | University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg | 1979 - 1982

Inspector | of Education
Northern Transvaal | 1977 - 1978

Director | Chem-chemi Creative Centre
Nairobi, Kenya | 1963 - 1965

Director | African Programmes, Congress for Cultural Freedom
Paris, France | 1961 - 1963

Bachelor of Arts

Rhodes University

Awarded in 1986

Honorary Doctor of Literature/Letters

University of Denver, United States of America

Doctor of Philosophy

University of Colorado

Awarded in 1994

Doctor of Humane Letters

University of the Witwatersrand

Awarded in 1995

Honorary Doctor of Literature/Letters

University of the North

Awarded in 1995

Honorary Bachelor of Education

University of the North

Awarded in 1996

Honorary Doctor of Literature/Letters

Awarded in 1997

Honorary Doctor of Literature and Philosophy

University of Venda

Awarded in 1997

Honorary Bachelor of Education

Master of Arts

College of Adams

Certificate of Teaching

University of Pennsylvania, United States of America

Awarded in 1982

Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters

Bachelor of Arts

University of KwaZulu-Natal

Awarded in 1983

Honorary Doctor of Literature/Letters

Award in Recognition of Contribution to Educ, Arts and Culture | Black Management Forum

Work: Down Second Avenue - Selected as One of the Best 100 Books of the Century

Life-long Achievement Titan Award for Writer of the Year | Tribute Mag

Arts & Culture Trust of the Pres

Crystal | World Econ Forum

Order of the Southern Cross | Nelson Mandela

Research Award | Ford Foundation

Research Fellowship | Institute for Study of English in Africa at Rhodes University

First prize for The Wanderers | University California

First prize | African Arts/Arts Afrique Mag

Nominated | Nobel prize in Literature

Scholarship | Farfield Foundation of NY, 1966 - 68

Award | Trust for Educational Achievement

Book - 'The Wanderers' | 1984

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Book - 'Afrika my music: an autobiography' | 1984

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Book - 'Chirundu' | 1981

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Book - 'The Unbroken Song' | 1981

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Book - 'Verse Play in Staffrider' | 1979

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Book - 'Voices in the whirlwind, and other essays' | 1972

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Book - 'Down Second Avenue' | 1971

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book | 1967

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short story | 1966

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short story | 1966

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book | 1964

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book | 1962

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autobiography | 1959

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complete short stories in Drum | 1956

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short story | 1956

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short story | 1956

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short story | 1956

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Introduction to a novel by Richard Rive

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essays & Poems, including Remarks on Negritude

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Introduction to short stories by Ama Ataa Aidoo

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Introduction to a book of poems by Kofi Awoonor

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Black Educ & Research

Founder Member & Director

Various adult educ Programmes

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Prof. Ezekiel Mphahlele Trust

Internal Consultant, 2006 - present