Don Mattera: The poets’ poet forgotten by the canon
If there is a common denominator between the poets not silenced, it is the way in which anything…
Prose, poetry & mythology in indaba, my children
The writing of Credo Mutwa is breathtaking in its breadth, depth and detail. His magnum opus – Indaba,…
Prose, poetry & mythology in Indaba, My Children
The writing of Credo Mutwa is breathtaking in its breadth, depth and detail. His magnum opus – Indaba…
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…
Mhudi and the beginnings of the historical novel in southern Africa
To make this review relevant to our era of the Covid-19 pandemic, I ransacked my literary mind trying…
Author innerview – Sabata-mpho Mokae in conversation with Phehello J Mofokeng
PJM: Why is writing canon in African languages an important concern for you? SMM: I think our liberation…
Sabata-mpho Mokae: “The author is the keeper of social records”
Language is the greatest symbol of human diversity, culture and knowledge. Language is key to understanding who we…