Poet Laureate

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

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.

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

His sharp and progressive pen‚ he contributed in cutting open the oppressive blanket of the apartheid system to keep the liberation spirit burning.