Bra Willie

Jazz and the fight for freedom were central to his life and poetry

The poet fought injustice wherever he found it and became a key figure in the ANC-in-exile’s arts and culture department

The post has become firmly entrenched but times have changed, suggesting new directions and ideas

Remembering the man writers and non-writers alike called Bra Willie was now a literary ancestor.

Keorapetse Kgositsile played a significant role in the emergence of post-1994 poetry

The poet’s biographer on how he brought together the African and diasporic traditions of resistance and art

​Kgositsile’s first interview after he returned to South Africa in 1990