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An anthology of contemporary South Africa poetry

Plot

BOTSOTSO was founded in South Africa in 1994, following the end of apartheid, by the Botsotso Jesters, a poetry performance group. Its first printed manifestation was as an insert in the New Nation, a now defunct weekly newspaper. Following the newspaper's demise, Botsotso became a magazine in its own right and a publishing house. This anthology of 12 poets gives a platform outside South Africa for the first time for this adventurous, multi-cultural inter-disciplinary literary and art project. Co-editor and Botsotso founder Allan Kolski Horwitz contributes an introductory essay providing the political and social context. The poets Ike Mboneni Muila, Vonani Bila, Makhosazana Xaba, Kobus Moolman, Anet Kemp, Lisemelo Tlale, Bongekile Mbanjwa, Sumeera Dawood, Clinton V du Plessis,Siphiwe ka Ngwenya, Donald Parenzee, Allan Kolski Horwitz