Poet Profile: Tshepo Molefe

Tshepo Molefe is a Johannesburg based multiaward winning poet, writer and spoken word artist and soon to be copywriter. Having only started performing in 2015, Molefe has won the May 2016 Current State of Poetry Open Slam and the February...

Poet Profile: Modise Sekgothe

Modise Sekgothe is multi-award winning spoken-word artist, actor, playwright, vocalist and percussionist. His work has been published in Home Is Where The Mic Is, a performance poetry anthology by Botsotso Publishers. He is an international slam champion, as the winner...

Book Review: The Broken Men Chapbook by Afurakan

The Broken men Chapbook is Thabiso Afurakan Mohare's first collection of poetry, published under Vanilla pod and RYB(Re Ya Bala) publishers. Thabiso is the founder and CEO of one of South Africa's most popular poetry platforms, WordNSound and is also...

Q&A: Kariuki wa Nyamu (Kenya)

 Kariuki wa Nyamu is a Kenyan poet, radio playwright, editor, translator, and educator. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (honours) in Education, English Language, and Literature from Makerere University, Uganda. Kariuki featured in Poetry Potion 10: This woman is and...

Poet Profile: Nazlee Saif Arbee

Nazlee Saif Arbee (Pronouns: They/Them) is a 22-year-old multimedia artist born in Durban Central. They have been writing poetry since their developmental years in Victoria Street, often playing with the imaginary binary between ‘rap’ and ‘poetry’. In 2010, they had...