Sabelo Soko is a Jo’burg based writer, performer from eMkhondo, in Mpumalanga. His writings has been published by Geko Publishing, Reunited Siblings and a recently self published  poetry chapbook which accompanies his latest musical offering, Umkhondo. Soko is a former...

From poets like Ingoapele Madingoane, Nontsizi Mgqwetho, Don Materra, Lefifi Tladi and countless others, poetry was the potent weapon that exposed, questioned, decried, denounced and resisted oppression. At the 2012 Joi Book Fair we had the opportunity to reflect on...