Busisiwe Mahlangu is a writer from Mamelodi, Pretoria. She is the founder of Lwazilubanzi Project, an NPO that aims to use literature a tool for learning, resistance and healing. Her poetry is mostly described as hard-hitting and raw, holding space for conversation around poverty, mental health, education, violence, healing and being and staying alive.

Read excerpts from Busiswe Mahlangu’s debut poetry collection ‘Surviving Loss’. Published by Imphepho press.