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‘Seding’ word stew is tough to chew

Article Russell Grant - 4 May 2018

BIRD-MONK SEDING by Lesego Rampolokeng (UKZN Press)

Of old-timers and past glories

Article Lesego Rampolokeng - 28 Jul 2017

Lesego Rampolokeng’s third novel, Bird-Monk Seding, is a stark picture of life in a rural township two decades into South Africa’s democracy.

Salim Washington: Reedman blows fire and tears

Article Gwen Ansell - 21 Jan 2016

Violence and murder – of Marikana miners and foreigners – inspired works by saxophonist Salim Washington

No easy stroll to freedom for SA poetry’s restless howler

Article Miles Keylock - 15 Aug 2014

Dissonant, dissident wordsmith Lesego ?Rampolokeng waxes poetic about the new ?oppression in his debut documentary film, 'Word Down the Line'.

Critic’s head is on fire

Article Comment Author - 18 May 2012

Andile Mngxitama responds to Kwanele Sosibo's article on Lesego Rampolokeng's new book, which he says was a gratuitous denunciation of Rampolokeng.

Lesego Rampolokeng: Fragments of obscurity

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 11 May 2012

A new book of poetry renders its writer even more abstruse and, given its profanity and obsessiveness, it is a tough chew, writes Kwanele Sosibo.

a-man! a-man!

Article Staff Reporter - 24 Sep 2004

From the heart: An extract from Lesego Rampolokeng's <i>Blackheart</i>

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