reviewed by Vus'umuzi Phakathi This draft begins with a disco of friends in discourse. The conversation is centered around influential individuals in Evaton, one of the oldest townships in the Vaal Triangle; the friends dance at length about how the...
Title: CyclesAuthor: Tebogo NongPublisher: Self-PublishedISBN: 978-0-6209193-2-6Reviewer: Ruth de Cerff In Tebogo Nong’s latest poetry collection Cycles, personal growth is a never ending process Cape Town based writer Tebogo Nong has released her second book of poetry, Cycles. The collection compares...
Segomotso Palesa Motsumi reviews The Looking Glass Anthology: Through the Single Gal’s Lens (Poetree Publications 2019) Title: The Looking Glass Anthology V1: Through the Single Gal’s Lens ISBN: 9780639821009 Publisher: Poetree Publications Genre: Multiple (poetry, short fiction, visual art) As...
Collective Amnesia by Koleka Putuma, is arguably one of the most intriguing collections of poetry to come out of South Africa. Putuma’s first collection of poetry struck me as a beautiful disruption: A loud, unapologetic voice yelling back at the...
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...