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Truth is in the vomit.
I’m stuck on a typewriter Literary critic! I’m not the right (write) type I brew a storm in a three...
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Word for Ramps – for Lesego Rampolokeng
Deep beneath Revolutions are staged Tears fall And blood spills Eardrums burst And ghosts appear In re-lived reincarnations Mysteries are...
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NEW RELEASE: BKO Magazine – Special edition: Lesego Rampolokeng
Curated by scholar and academic, Dr Danyela Dimakatso Demir, BKO Special Edition: Lesego Rampolokeng is coming out on the 16th...
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Archive, or Nkuku says
@TJDema But woman’s work was never out of season. Sol T Plaatje i. Nkuku says my obsession with naming is...
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Warrior love in the forest – Mhudi’s song
Let me see if you can love me for if, it is a dream wake me not, rather you, my...
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POEM: “The Great Gasp for Air” by Khayalethu Mguzulo
Khayalethu Mguzulo, is a poet known for his reality pieces that affect African youth. He is @WordNSound Poet of the...
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Puo ya letswele, ka Thabiso Lakajoe
Puo ya letswele hana ka puo e se timele lemeng la Rantsho, Ikatele nnake tse ding dipuo di se ke...
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Reflection, by Angie Thato Chuma
by Angie Thato Chuma Bleed child, that’s all you can doBleed the power he fails to see in himselfI know...
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The Sandglass, by Athol Williams
by Athol Williams We are orientated blind to time’s joys or sorrows unlesswe can count and weigh it, like a...
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Wisdom to the Years (For Tshidi Mapole), by Phehello J Mofokeng
The chaos of jazz, brings life into perspective Pieces of paper blow in the September breeze Lengthy bits of memory...
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BKO Magazine No 3 Vol 4 – Special Edition: Lesego Rampolokeng (Download)
"In his review of Lesego Rampolokeng’s Bantu Ghost (2009), “Post-Freedom Dreams and Nightmares”, reprinted in this special issue,...
Call for Submissions: BKO Poetry & Literary Magazine – Lesego Rampolokeng edition (Vol 4, No 4)
Thematic engagement: Horns for Hondo at Thirty: Reflecting on Lesego Rampolokeng’s Oeuvre Guest editor: Dr Danyela Dimakatso Demir (University of Johannesburg)...
Call for Submissions: BKO Poetry & Literary Magazine, Mohale Mashigo edition
Guest editor: Ms. Tumelo Motaung Poetry editor: Raphael d’Abdon Featured writer: Mohale Mashigo (The Yearning, 2016, Intruders, 2018) Thematic engagement...
Plaatje’s discursive battle against colonial pariahdom in Mhudi: A century later
The aim of this paper is to situate Mhudi in Plaatje’s broader argument against colonial pariahdom. Plaatje’s decision to write...
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Opinion
Editorial #1: Africa is a state of mind
Africa is a state of mind The rise of the pantheon of independent, black African industry in...
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The Girl with the Louding Voice – by Abi Daré
A powerful, emotional debut novel told in the unforgettable voice of a young Nigerian woman who is...
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The Book of Echoes – by Rosanna Amaka
A sweeping, uplifting story of how a boy from Brixton and a girl from Lagos escape their...
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The Accidental Mayor: Herman Mashaba and the Battle for Johannesburg, by Michael Beaumont
In August 2016, well-known South African businessman Herman Mashaba became mayor of Johannesburg, heading a razor-thin DA-led...
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