BKO Magazine No 1 Vol 4 – Sabata-mpho Mokae
On this edition, our featured writer is multiaward-winning author and intellectual; Sabata-mpho Mokae. Mokae has given a lot…
BKO Magazine No 2 Vol 4 – Mhudi: A Century Later
BKO is an example of what is possible when African creatives, literati and people in general come together to advance their own agenda. It is the culmination of multi-disciplinary convergence of intellect and talent that should be replicated all over the continent.
Archive, or Nkuku says
@TJDema But woman’s work was never out of season. Sol T Plaatje i. Nkuku says my obsession with…
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…
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…
Cosmopolitanism in Mhudi – 100 years is a long time, but Mhudi is still relevant
The work of classical African literature pioneers such as Sol Plaatje and Thomas Mofolo progressed the intra-textual/intra-reflective complexities…
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…
Mhudi an epitome of raison d’être for the existence of the African writer
Mhudi was written in 1919 and 1920 by the towering Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje (1876-1932) during his second stay…
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…