If we are not thinking of a quill, when we say someone has “penned” a book, are we thinking of a standard ballpoint pen?
The poet and urban planner was killed earlier this month. His friend and mentor Vonani Bila reflects on and honours the life of Moses Metileni
The Cosmic Destiny is about good versus evil, love versus hate, freedom versus bondage, peace versus war and silence versus noise.
Meet the Kenyan wordsmiths who use their voices to advocate for change
In this episode we meet Anthero Bowie, a former gang member who is out of prison and trying to reinvent himself as a poet
Milisuthando Bongela attempts to put into words who it was that has died
Keorapetse Kgositsile played a significant role in the emergence of post-1994 poetry
Remembering the man writers and non-writers alike called Bra Willie was now a literary ancestor.
The post has become firmly entrenched but times have changed, suggesting new directions and ideas
Jazz and the fight for freedom were central to his life and poetry
His sharp and progressive pen‚ he contributed in cutting open the oppressive blanket of the apartheid system to keep the liberation spirit burning.
A jamboree of poets traverses the city, feels it’s pain and emerges to restore what was taken
The recognition garnered by young poets’ collections should make the publishing industry reflect on the state of South Africans’ poetic landscape
Derek Walcott’s muse inspired his evocative poetry, which also explored Caribbean identity
The poet is honoured to join the ranks of Hugh Masekela, Abdullah Ibrahim and Miriam Makeba.
A new anthology explores memory in three parts – inherited, buried and the present – and is ironically titled ‘Collective Amnesia’.
Leonard Cohen’s songs evoked the mystical incantations of Bongani Madondo’s youth, but also voodooed music and poetry into a profound creative ritual.
A poet and social philosopher from Cape Town, Williams is the chairman of Read to Rise.
Three poems have been shortlisted for the 2016 Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award.
Alongside panels discussing hot topics, shortlisted poets from the Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award and Anthology will receive their awards.
A new poem from Koleka Putuma, which she calls Water’s Grandmother (who should be taken with a pinch of salt).
This collection of stories centres on the ‘slow road to purgatory’, from broken relationships to Huletts sugar-sachet wisdom.
For many participating in the Speak The Mind Poetry festival, poetry is an obsession … but this doesn’t mean it can pay the bills.
All eyes on the annual Fleur du Cap Awards celebrating the cream of Cape Town theatre, for the fiftieth year, on March 15.
With the passing of one of South Africa’s finest poets, we pay tribute to his life and works.
The 12 international poets appearing at the Spier Poetry Festival are no strangers to exile and dislocation.
Poetry: Break-out spoken-word artist Mutle Mothibe is stepping up his game —and taking it straight to the Apollo in New York.
On the centenary of Dylan Thomas’s birth, his home town is exploring his ungentle, bohemian legacy.
Writer and activist Amiri Baraka – also known as LeRoi Jones – was born on October 7 1934 and died on January 9 2014.
The poet Makhafula Vilakazi lays bare and rejects the sorry conditions that govern life on the margins.
The man who provides a major outlet for poets explains why he is excited about Arts Alive.