Up&Coming: Tshepang Oageng, poet

[tabs tab1="Q&A" tab2="A Word from..." tab3="About the Contributor"] Nthabiseng Kgoronyane* spoke to two young, up and coming poets from Kuruman about their writing and inspiration. Poetry Potion: Tell us about yourself? Tshepang Oageng: My name is Tshepang Clifford Oageng from...

Q&A: Andrew Manyika

Poetry Potion: Where do you come from and how did you get here? Andrew Manyika: I was born in Zimbabwe in the 80s. When my dad came to SA for work, he brought his family with him. I was fortunate...

q&a: ProVerb’s Writer’s Club

As Lauryn Hill once sang, music is supposed to inspire. It seems to me that ProVerb couldn’t possibly create a song that doesn’t inspire. His latest offering Writers’ Club has us all bumping heads in appreciation to one of SA’s...

poet profile: 21 Poets and a Poem

“If you see a friend without a smile; give him one of yours.” ~Proverb The performance poetry has been going strong for years now. Well, for a while it seemed to lose it’s steam but these last two years, it...

poet profile: Mbuyiseni Oswald Mtshali

“Honest writers write what they see, experience, live.” Forty one years ago, Songs of the Cowhide Drum was published. This book, a humble collection of poetry, would become the key that would open doors for the writer, Oswald Mtshali. Liberal...