Mhudi was written in 1919 and 1920 by the towering Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje (1876-1932) during his second stay in England. It was the first English novel by a black South...
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BKO Poetry & Literature Magazine announces its 4 issue instalment for 2021. After a grueling 2020, we hope for a...
Her Own Skin The impression of a young woman who is only in her early twenties decreeing that she is...
Read moreI’m stuck on a typewriter Literary critic! I’m not the right (write) type I brew a storm in a three...
Read moreDeep beneath Revolutions are staged Tears fall And blood spills Eardrums burst And ghosts appear In re-lived reincarnations Mysteries are...
Read more"In his review of Lesego Rampolokeng’s Bantu Ghost (2009), “Post-Freedom Dreams and Nightmares”, reprinted in this special issue,...
Read moreTo listen to Lesego Rampolokeng’s poetry is to experience the...
Read moreCurated by scholar and academic, Dr Danyela Dimakatso Demir, BKO...
The work of classical African literature pioneers such as Sol...
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