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AND DEATH AS WHITE AS WORDSAND DEATH AS WHITE AS WORDS
Breytenbach, Breyten

A dual language anthology of the poetry of Breyten Breytenbach, published while he was in prision charged with terrorism. In English and Afrikaans. Bib, 179pp, UK. REX COLLINGS.

1978 0860360911 Hardback

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AFRICAN EASTER
Barris, Ken

46 new poems from a winner of the Ingrid Jonker Prize for poetry. 66pp, SOUTH AFRICA. PROTEA BOOK HOUSE.

2005 1869191234 Paperback 


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AFRICAN EASTER


ARSE POETICAARSE POETICA
Ferguson, Gus

A collection of light verse. B/w illus, 54pp, SOUTH AFRICA. KWELA BOOKS, 0795701616

2003 Paperback 


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BASADZI VOICES: An anthology of poetic writing by young black South African women
Mokhosi, Rose (Ed.)

Rose Mokhosi says: 'As young black South African women today, we are truly fortunate to have been born into these exciting times, when we have the power to shape our own lives. All thanks go to our rich history, our mothers, fathers and forefathers who led the way, fought the battles and brought us to this point, this time, where we can express ourselves in freedom and celebrate our beautiful African heritage with pride. This collection will give you a glimpse into our thoughts, our experiences, our lives. We hope it will be a source of inspiration to other young South Africans, encouraging them to dream big and live out their dreams. In the words of Hale Tsehlana, we write because it is time - OUR time.' 85pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL PRESS.

2006 9781869141028 Paperback 


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BASADZI VOICES: An anthology of poetic writing by young black South African women


THE BAVINO SERMONS THE BAVINO SERMONS
Rampolokeng, Lesego

Bavino is ghetto-talk for everyman. In these new poems Rampolokeng looks through the destruction caused by those intoxicated by their own power, who put "vanity before humanity", in South Africa and globally, past and present. 120pp, SOUTH AFRICA. GECKO.

1999 1875011234 Paperback 


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BLACK BUTTERFLIES: Selected Poems
Jonker, Ingrid

The earlier edition of translations from Ingrid Jonker's work, SELECTED POEMS by Jack Cope and William Plomer, is now out of print, so this new translation by two of South Africa's most illustrious authors, André Brink and Antjie Krog, is doubly welcomed. 128pp, SOUTH AFRICA. HUMAN & ROUSSEAU.

2007 9780798148924 Paperback 


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BLACK BUTTERFLIES: Selected Poems


BODY BEREFTBODY BEREFT
Krog, Antjie

This new collection offers a fearless and ecstatic exploration of immanent old age. The taboos within the tidal moods of the menopause are described with an anger and a verbal intensity that are uniquely Krog’s. Close relationships are searingly explored, occasionally in a confrontational way, more often searching for resolution. In the final meditative section, Table Mountain, a looming, symbolic and androgynous godhead, is contemplated as an abiding presence and witness to the transience of human life. 112pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UMUZI.

2006 1415200122 Paperback 


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BOOK OF SONGS
Banoobhai, Shabbir

Written over a month of fasting and inspired by the poetry of Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi, these poems are all, ultimately, songs of love. Accompanied by black and white photos by John Cleare. 144pp, SOUTH AFRICA. WITWATERSRAND UNIVERSITY PRESS.

2005 1868143988 Paperback 


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BOOK OF SONGS


BOOK OF STONESBOOK OF STONES
Schwartzman, Adam

Poems exploring what it means to be part of a wider historical process in the new South Africa, evoking the physical and emotional landscapes of the country. 59pp, UK. CARCANET, 1857546407

2003 Paperback 


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CHAOS THEORY OF THE HEART and other poems mainly since 1990
Abrahams, Lionel

75 poems, some published previously elsewhere and some published here for the first time by the late revered poet. 120pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JACANA MEDIA.

2005 1770090975 Paperback 


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CHAOS THEORY OF THE HEART and other poems mainly since 1990


CITY IN WORDS: An Anthology of Cape Town PoemsCITY IN WORDS: An Anthology of Cape Town Poems
De Kok, Ingrid & Ferguson, Gus

Most of Cape Town's leading poets feature in this anthology that showcases different ways of seeing and experiencing the city and its surroundings. iv, 60pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DAVID PHILIP.

2001 0864863802 Paperback

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CRY RAGE: Odyssey of a Dissident Poet
Matthews, James

Collected poems of the dissident South African poet, including 6 previously unpublished works. Foreword by Neville Alexander. 362pp, SOUTH AFRICA. REALITIES.

2005 0620364858 Paperback 


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CRY RAGE: Odyssey of a Dissident Poet


DANCING IN THE RAINDANCING IN THE RAIN
Mahola, Mzi

Latest collection from the seasoned South African poet, Mahola laments for the loss of the cultural values of respect and humanity and yearns for reconnection with the rhythms of nature and rural life. He expresses a general disillusionment with 'man's rotten morals', and is critical of the different standards that apply to rulers and 'commoners'. His plea is for an accountable humanity. His is a praise singer's voice, perfectly attuned to the political and social complexities of the moment, intensely patriotic but also boldly outspoken in its criticisms of leaders and populace alike. 74pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL PRESS.

2006 9781869140960 Paperback 


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DOG LATIN
Morrissey, Norman

Collection of 61 poems capturing the poet's most recent phase of environmental curiosity. The first poem in the collection, Settler Country, was awarded a DALRO prize when it first appeared in New Coin 39.1 2003. 29pp, SOUTH AFRICA. ECHOING GREEN PRESS.

2006 9780980250107 Paperback 


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DOG LATIN


DOWN TO MY LAST SKIN: PoemsDOWN TO MY LAST SKIN: Poems
Krog, Antjie

The award winning author and poet's first book of poems published in English. Krog herself translated most of them from the original Afrikaans for this edition. Includes brief translation and publisher's notes. Glos, 119pp, SOUTH AFRICA. RANDOM HOUSE SOUTH AFRICA. DELAY

2000 0958419558 Paperback 


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ECHOES FROM THE MOUNTAIN: New and Selected Poems by Mazisi Kunene
Kunene, Mazisi

Posthumous selection of 52 poems explores the cosmology and mythology of Kunene's Zulu heritage, broaching themes of history, family, legacy, and the importance ancestors. 108pp, NIGERIA. MALTHOUSE.

2007 9789780232412 Paperback 


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ECHOES FROM THE MOUNTAIN: New and Selected Poems by Mazisi Kunene


FLOATING ISLANDSFLOATING ISLANDS
Metelerkamp, Joan

'...profoundly about being a South African but goes beyond well-established concerns with social issues...The poems are written to evoke the speech of daily life and each holds in it the layered experiencing of questions of belief, of beauty, of dreams, of mothering, of belonging, of responsibility, of independence, of acceptance, of truth telling, of cultural difference, of tolerance...' 96pp. SOUTH AFRICA. BLUE WEAVER, 0620271930

2001 paperback 


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FORGOTTEN CITY AND OTHER POEMS
Komrij, Gerrit

The author's thirty-third collection of poetry. Translated into English by John Irons and illustrated with b/w images. Also includes original Dutch versions. 87pp, SOUTH AFRICA. SNAIL PRESS, 1874923574

2001 Paperback 


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FORGOTTEN CITY AND OTHER POEMS


FOOTPRINTS AND FINGERPRINTSFOOTPRINTS AND FINGERPRINTS
Mabuza, Lindiwe

A wide selection of Mabuza's poems from a period of over thirty years. In this collection she explores the nature of South Africa's journey to democracy and her own personal role in the struggle. 130pp, SOUTH AFRICA. PICADOR AFRICA.

2008 9781770100787 Paperback 


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GHAAP: Sonnets from the Northern Cape
Cope, Michael

New collection of poetry inspired by the San peoples ho once inhabited the Ghaap Plateau of the Western Cape. 55pp, SOUTH AFRICA. KWELA BOOKS.

2005 0795701950 Paperback 


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GHAAP: Sonnets from the Northern Cape


GLASS JARS AMONG TREES: Prose and PoetryGLASS JARS AMONG TREES: Prose and Poetry
Salafranca, Arja & Finlay, Alan (Eds.)

An anthology of recent South African writing including poetry, short fiction, essays, comedy, diary entries, song lyrics and opera. 188pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JACANA EDUCATION, 1919931236

2003 Paperback 


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HALALA MADIBA: Nelson Mandela in Poetry
Bartlett, Richard (Ed.)

A collection of poetry spanning the period 1963, when Nelson Mandela was imprisoned, to 2005, when he celebrated his 87th birthday, it includes 92 poems representing 25 countries. The poets include Wole Soyinka, Andrew Motion, Benjamin Zephaniah, Dennis Brutus, Wally Mongane Serote, José Craveirinha, Federico Mayor and Tupac Shakur. The title means Hail Mandela, referring to his clan name and the one by which he is affectionately known in South Africa. Much more than an anthology about one man, the poems are numerous small gestures of passionate creativity which combined create a narrative of the struggle to free all South Africans from the legacy of apartheid. This book is a tribute to Mandela's place in history and in our hearts, and is an example of poetry used as a political tool over the past 40 years. 296pp, UK. AFLAME BOOKS.

2006 0955233909 Paperback 


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HALALA MADIBA: Nelson Mandela in Poetry


HEARTLANDSHEARTLANDS
Mann, Chris

Thirty-two new poems from this prolific South African poet. 44pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNIVERSITY OF NATAL PRESS, 1869140109

2002 Paperback 


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HISTORY IS THE HOME ADDRESS: A Poem
Serote, Mongane Wally

The author's tenth poetry title. Written in the form of a meditative dialogue between lover and beloved, the poem examines the relationship between African identity and ancestral guidance. 68pp, SOUTH AFRICA. KWELA BOOKS, 0795701837

2004 Paperback 


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HISTORY IS THE HOME ADDRESS: A Poem


IF I COULD SING: Selected PoemsIF I COULD SING: Selected Poems
Kgositsile, Keorapetse

These poems, many written in exile, span four decades and explore a wide spectrum of emotions and an earlier need to participate in the struggle to liberate the poet's land of birth. In the stunning and original rhythms of the poems, the subtle influence of jazz and the Setswana language can be felt. 104pp, SOUTH AFRICA. KWELA BOOKS, 0795701268

2002 Paperback  


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I LOST A POEM
Matiwana, Mzwandile

A collection of poems written by whilst the poet was imprisoned in Port Elizabeth. 57pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DEEP SOUTH.

2004 0958454299 Paperback 


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I LOST A POEM


AN INFINITE LONGING FOR LOVE: A Collection of PoetryAN INFINITE LONGING FOR LOVE: A Collection of Poetry
Combrinck, Lisa

Debut collection by a widely-anthologised South African feminist poet, who views eroticism as a powerful aesthetic and political terrain. B/w photos, 90pp, SOUTH AFRICA. SKOTAVILLE PUBLISHERS.

2005 1919882146 Paperback DELAY 


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IN THE NAME OF AMANDLA
Bila, Vonani & Berold, Robert (Ed.)

New poetry. Gloss, 125pp, SOUTH AFRICA. TIMBILA PUBLISHING.

2005 0958464022 Paperback 


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IN THE NAME OF AMANDLA


INTO THE DAY BREAKINGINTO THE DAY BREAKING
Metelerkamp, Joan

The third publication from the South African poet. 108pp, SOUTH AFRICA. NATAL PRESS, UNIVERSITY OF, 0869809776

2000 paperback 


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IT ALL BEGINS: Poems from Postliberation South Africa
An innovative collection of South African poetry in English which uses a variety of influences such as local and international music, street rhythms and speech styles to tell the truth about apartheid and poverty. Includes bibliographical notes about the poets. Index, notes, 240pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNIVERSITY OF NATAL PRESS, 1869140087

2003 Paperback 


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IT ALL BEGINS: Poems from Postliberation South Africa


LAND DREAMING: Prose PoemsLAND DREAMING: Prose Poems
Sole, Kelwyn

His modes shift from the filmic to the interior monologue, his tones from the wickedly satirical to the poignant, the raucously contentious to the intimate. In Soles hands the prose poem becomes the perfect form. Full of arresting lines and images, its constellations create something that reads almost like a novel. It taps into the dream beneath the surface of South Africa. (Stephen Clingman). Gloss, 122pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL PRESS

2006 1869140788 Paperback 


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LIFELINES
Mann, Chris & Craig, Adrian & Skeen, Julia

Poems evoking encounters southern African creatures, from aardvark to zebra, kudu to warthogs. The text invites the reader to consider animals not so much as beasts or feasts, pets or threats, but as our chromosomal cousins, embodying recent discoveries in the fields of evolutionary biology, palaeontology and astronomy. Bib, b/w illus, 85pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL PRESS

2006 1869141040 Paperback 


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LIFELINES


THE LITTLE MUSEUM OF WORKING LIFETHE LITTLE MUSEUM OF WORKING LIFE
Press, Karen

Items in Karen Press's poetry have always been unusually well lit and carefully positioned, with lots of space for viewing and contemplation. That is more true than ever of the exhibits in this most artfully designed and immensely absorbing pocket museum, with its sensitive evocation of the textures and nuances of South African working class life. 64pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DEEP SOUTH.

2004 1869140494 Paperback 


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LOVE CHILD
Mhlophe, Gcina

Retrospective collection where the author shares her personal journey through the social and political landscapes of the 1980s.These poems and short stories are written in a variety of styles and voices, ranging from anecdotal memory to historical moment to folklore tradition. 108pp, SOUTH AFRICA . UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL PRESS.

2002 9781869140014 Paperback 


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LOVE CHILD


LOVE THAT IS NIGHTLOVE THAT IS NIGHT
Sole, Kelwyn

A collection of poetry charged with a sense of history and the present moment. Kelwyn Sole urges our capacity to think and to feel and to act. The South African poet's third collection. Winner of the Olive Schreiner Award for his first collection. 127pp, SOUTH AFRICAN. UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL PRESS.

1998 187501117X Paperback 


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MAGICSTAN FIRES
Bila, Vonani & Berold, Robert (Ed.)

New poetry. Gloss, 103pp, SOUTH AFRICA. TIMBILA PUBLISHING.

2006 0958485887 Paperback 


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MAGICSTAN FIRES


MIRROR AND WATER GAZINGMIRROR AND WATER GAZING
Sole, Kelwyn

A new collection of poetry by the South African poet. 138pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNIVERSITY OF NATAL PRESS, 0869809962

2001 Paperback 


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MORE THAN A CASUAL CONTACT
Cronin, Jeremy

The fourth, eagerly-awaited collection from Jeremy Cronin. Since the publication of his début volume, Inside, which was awarded the 1984 Ingrid Jonker Prize, Cronin has always, compel-lingly, managed to combine political conviction with poetic clarity. In the words of Ingrid de Kok, he is [South Africa's] most experimental, demanding and, despite his disclaimers, one of our most accomplished lyrical poets. Some poems deal very movingly with personal relationships between father and children, husband and wife. Other poems, designed to be performed, contain social commentary. 64pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UMUZI.

2006 141520005X Paperback 


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MORE THAN A CASUAL CONTACT


NEW CENTURY OF SOUTH AFRICAN POETRYNEW CENTURY OF SOUTH AFRICAN POETRY
Chapman, Michael (Ed.)

A new volume of 450 poems which highlights the diversity of South African experience. Index, xxiv, 513pp, SOUTH AFRICA. AD DONKER.

2002 0868522244 Paperback

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NIGHTRIDER: Selected Poems
Afrika, Tatamkhulu

A posthumous selection of 50 poems from Tatamkhulu Afrika's previous eight collections of verse. The selection, made by his friends and editors, was a collaborative effort to ensure that all facets of his poetry, the political, religious and lyrical, are represented. 112pp, SOUTH AFRICA. KWELA BOOKS, 0795701675

2003 Paperback 


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NIGHTRIDER: Selected Poems


NOT ALL OF ME IS DUSTNOT ALL OF ME IS DUST
Lovell, Moira

Poet with a gift for allusion and a sense of the sensuousness and subtleties of language. Collection celebrates the sacred aspects embedded in the everyday and offers a transcendent view of human mortality. 46pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL PRESS.

2004 1869140583 Paperback 


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POEMS, 1964-1989
Horn, Peter

Probing the complexities of South African life with integrity. Introduced by Njabulo Ndebele. 192pp, SOUTH AFRICA. RAVAN PRESS.

1991 086975405X Paperback 


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POEMS, 1964-1989


RAILWAY POETRYRAILWAY POETRY
Mkiva, Zolani

The Railway Magazine was a journal produced by South African Railways for its employees. Amongst a range of topics it also contained poems written by workers and management, mostly on subjects related to the railways such as work, trains and travel. This volume is a selection of poems from the journal, written in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and it presents a fascinating insight into the lives and ideas of ordinary railway workers from that period. 63pp. SOUTH AFRICA. UNIVERSITY OF NATAL PRESS, 086980989X

2001 paperback 


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REQUIEM
Metelerkamp, Joan

Written in the author's distinctive musical voice, her fifth book of poetry was written after the suicide of her mother and articulates the process of mourning and exploring the issues of life and death. The tiles of each poem has a Latin subtile taken from sections of the requiem mass. 67pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DEEP SOUTH, 0958454213

2003 Paperback 


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REQUIEM


THE RETURN OF THE AMASI BIRD: Black South African Poetry, 1891-1981THE RETURN OF THE AMASI BIRD: Black South African Poetry, 1891-1981
Couzens, Tim & Patel, Essop (Eds.)

This collection of over 300 poems provide a broad historical spectrum of Black South African poetry. Presented chronologically, these poems show the develop-ment of cultural resistance in the country, from early Christian poets, right up to the Black Consciousness writers. 411pp, SOUTH AFRICA. RAVAN PRESS.

1991 1989 1982 0869751956 Paperback 


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ROAD WORK
Wylie, Dan

Collection of fifty-six new poems worked out travelling along the open road, a global traveller in a diffracted time, from Patagonian glaciers, along Canadian trails, on American railways and across Australian deserts and returning to rediscover the textures of home down Southern Africa’s roads. 82pp, SOUTH AFRICA. ECHOING GREEN PRESS.

2007 9780980250138 Paperback 


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ROAD WORK


SEASONAL FIRES: New and Selected PoemsSEASONAL FIRES: New and Selected Poems
De Kok, Ingrid

South Africa's most lucid and composed voice in contemporary poetry, the author shares her ability to interweave the intensely personal world with the politically panoramic. This collection is comprised of some of her best poems from the last 25 years many of which have been out of print for a number of years, as well as a selection of new, previously unpublished poetry. 160pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UMUZI.

2006 9781415200186 Paperback 


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SEASON OF VIOLENCE
Gray, Stephen

Poetry permeated by the background of oppression and violence of apartheid. 43pp, UK. DANGAROO PRESS

1992 1871049873 Paperback 


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SEASON OF VIOLENCE


SHELLEY CINEMA AND OTHER POEMSSHELLEY CINEMA AND OTHER POEMS
Gray, Stephen

Collection of Gray's output over the last seven years. The long title poem first appeared in MOVING WORLDS. 111pp, SOUTH AFRICA. PROTEA BOOK HOUSE.

2006 1869190955 Paperback 


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SILHOUETTES
Nyatsumba, Kaizer

Collection of poetry by the journalist and political commentator. 43pp, SOUTH AFRICA. VIVLIA PUBLISHERS & BOOKSELLERS, 186867312X

1999 Paperback 


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SILHOUETTES


SIMPLE LUST: Collected Poems of South African Jail and Exile Including  Letters to MarthaSIMPLE LUST: Collected Poems of South African Jail and Exile Including Letters to Martha
Brutus, Dennis

Reprint. A collection of poems written mostly from exile form Apartheid South Africa. 176pp, UK. HEINEMANN AFRICAN WRITERS SERIES.

1973 0435906402 Hardback

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THE SONGS OF SOWETO: Poems from a Post Apartheid South Africa
Sibabnda, Nkosinathi

Poetry capturing the feelings and aspirations of the black people of South Africa following the transition from Apartheid to democratic governance. BNS, 48pp, USA. RED SEA PRESS, 0865439567

2002 Paperback 


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THE SONGS OF SOWETO: Poems from a Post Apartheid South Africa


THE SOWETO I LOVETHE SOWETO I LOVE
Sepamla, Sipho

This collection of poems about the Soweto uprising of 1976 by a leading South African poet, capturing the mood of the country during the aftermath. 53pp, SOUTH AFRICA. REX COLLINGS, 0860360652

1985 Paperback  


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STUBBORN HOPE: Selected Poems of South Africa and a wider world
Brutus, Dennis

Poems written in exile from South Africa. 97pp, UK. HEINEMANN AFRICAN WRITERS SERIES.

1978 0435902083 Paperback

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STUBBORN HOPE: Selected Poems of South Africa and a wider world

TELEGRAPH TO THE SKYTELEGRAPH TO THE SKY
Dikeni, Sandile

Sandile Dikeni's first volume of poetry, Guava Juice, was enthusiastically received when published in 1992 (Mayibuye Books). Since then, Dikeni has been a regular commentator on the development of the country's democracy. In Telegraph to the sky this theme emerges, once again, as the force driving his poetry. 56pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNIVERSITY OF NATAL PRESS, 0869809784

2000 paperback 


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THIRD WORLD EXPRESS
Serote, Mongane Wally

A powerful new long poem, defending human integrity. 48pp,

1992 Paperback 


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THIRD WORLD EXPRESS


THIS WAY I SALUTE YOUTHIS WAY I SALUTE YOU
Kgositsile, Keorapetse

A selection of poems written over the course of thirty years evoking a wide range of emotions and paying tribute to a variety of cultural figures from Hugh Masekela to Nina Simone. Notes, 63pp, SOUTH AFRICA. KWELA BOOKS, 0795701829

2004 Paperback

 


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THROUGH THE EYE OF A NEEDLE
Nawa, Lebogang Nawa

Debut collection of poems reflecting a highly eclectic mix of styles with idiomatic interplay of English and African languages. Spanning fifteen years, the poems reflect different developmental and stylistic patterns drawn from various influences of the South African experience. Each poem comments on the poet's educational development and political awareness from the 1970s to present day democratic South Africa. With a foreword by Eskia Mphahlele. 124pp, SOUTH AFRICA. PROTEA BOOK HOUSE.

2005 1869190920 Paperback 


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THROUGH THE EYE OF A NEEDLE


TIME LIKE STONETIME LIKE STONE
Moolman, Kobus

Moolman's poems speak in the silences of our interactions with others and with ourselves. His close observations of what is immediate - and often imperfect - inspire poems that show us how to look at the everyday with new eyes. 60pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL PRESS.

2001 0869809792 Paperback 


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VOICE OF HOPE
Msiza, Josiah Masoja

New poetry from South Africa. 90pp, SOUTH AFRICA. SKOTAVILLE PUBLISHERS.

2005 191988209X Paperback 


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VOICE OF HOPE


WEATHER EYEWEATHER EYE
Dixon, Isobel

29 poems from a South African poet and literary agent based in the UK. 48pp, SOUTH AFRICA. CARAPACE POETS. 1874923566

2001 Paperback 


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WITH TEARS I WRITE
Shupinyaneng, Otumile

New poetry from South Africa. 64pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UMGANGATHO MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS.

2005 1919882243 Paperback 


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WITH TEARS I WRITE