[tabby title="Poet Bio"] Losing parts the Gestapo went door-to-doorlooking for the yellow star I wonder sometimes if anyone tried rallyingeveryoneto wear one as SAPS goes door-to-doortesting for words in isiZulu like Inkatha in Boipatong '92 it reminds me of a...

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] the coming eruption my first encounter with it walking fastMaboneng to townwith a fiercely internationalist filmmaker friend far east on Commissionerbefore Troyvillea hollow complex ringing withFanakalo liquid orange languagecreatedin the mines heated crossroads of thecountry entire Southern...

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] from Prajapati’s firstbreaths the gods sacred plant Soma darknesstears air earth skywound the seasons other planets humanity sweat of limbsever-stretching 3 continentsbreathtaking woundstearing mehuman [tabby title="Poet Bio"] Salimah Valiani is the author of five poetry collections. The...

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] I. THE FIRST TIME I SPENT AN EXTENDED PERIOD WITH FIDELHE ASKED ME HOW MANY MATH TEACHERS ARE ALLOCATED TO LIMPOPO? AND HOW MANY LITRES OF PETROL ARE CONSUMED IN SOUTH AFRICA EACH YEAR? WHEN WE MARCHED...

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] mhangele beneath the fading bluethe cloth recalls strikes every which way white atop the blueblock print guinea fowl walking together foreons beneath the fowlgrassy landthorny veldtrace-less soilshuman fractioned humus what the print maker’s daughter recalls trekking brief...