In a quiet moment on an otherwise ordinary afternoon, Modise Sekgothe found out he had been selected as only the second poet to win the Standard Bank Young Artist Award for…
Keorapetse Kgositsile played a vital part in elevating the position of the cultural worker
Judy Seidman responds to Athi Mongelezi Joja’s expanded assessment of her ‘Drawn Lines’ exhibition
The work of acclaimed writer Mongane Wally Serote reveals the point at which poetry meets politics
Siphiwo Mahala talks about his fascination with the 1950s writer and journalist
Though he may be cemented in history as a poet first, Keorapetse Kgositsile was both political dissident and artist.
Keorapetse Kgositsile played a significant role in the emergence of post-1994 poetry
Remembering the man writers and non-writers alike called Bra Willie was now a literary ancestor.
The poet fought injustice wherever he found it and became a key figure in the ANC-in-exile’s arts and culture department
The post has become firmly entrenched but times have changed, suggesting new directions and ideas
Jazz and the fight for freedom were central to his life and poetry
The poet’s biographer on how he brought together the African and diasporic traditions of resistance and art
Kgositsile’s first interview after he returned to South Africa in 1990
His sharp and progressive pen‚ he contributed in cutting open the oppressive blanket of the apartheid system to keep the liberation spirit burning.
South Africa’s Poet Laureate, Keorapetse Kgositsile, will be on the panel Cavafy, Seferis and South African poets at the M&G Literary Festival.
Percy Zvomuya chats to poets Keorapetse Kgositsile and Lesego Rampolokeng about literacy and mimicry ahead of this year’s Jozi Spoken Word Festival.
Kopano Matlwa is the winner of the EU Literary Award 2006/07, for her novel <i>Coconut</i>. This is an extract.
