Overview
Edited by Ken Edwins and Allan Kolski Horwitz
Introduction by Botsotso founder Allan Kolski Horwitz
Providing incredible insight into the years of the nascent “Rainbow Nation”, this poetry anthology features contemporary, multilingual, and multicultural works from twelve South African poets of the Botsotso collective. Founded in South Africa in 1994, Botsotso is a magazine, publishing house, collective writing group, and poetry performance platform. This adventurous, interdisciplinary arts project is dedicated to showcasing of the vital role of poetry in South Africa’s freedom struggle and post-apartheid socio-political climate—never so apparent than in this evocative collection.
This anthology, which features several international debuts, includes poetry by Donald Parenzee, Makhosazana Xaba, Bongekile Mbanjwa, Vonani Bila, Kobus Moolman, Anet Kemp, Allan Kolski Horwitz, Ike Mboneni Muila, Lisemelo Tlale, Clinton du Plessis, Sumeera Dawood, and Siphiwe ka Ngwenya.
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