Samuel Edward Krune Loliwe Ngxekengxeke Mqhayi (S.
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K.
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N Mqhayi, 1 December 1875–29 July 1945) was a Xhosa dramatist, essayist, critic, novelist, historian, biographer, translator and poet whose works are regarded as instrumental in standardising the grammar of isiXhosa and preserving the language in the 20th century.