These are the words of Nontsizi Mgqwetho’s poetry. This is an extract from her poem Iziko le nyembezi (The vale of tears) written in 1921. My previous post was about Charlotte Mannye Maxeke. It ...
One of the 1920s political commentators, activists and poets, Nontsizi Mgqwetho, a regular contributor to one of Johannesburg’s leading newspapers, Umthetheleli wa Bantu, once published a poem titled ...
English in Africa is a scholarly journal devoted to writing in the English language in Africa. Founded in 1974, it focuses on original research on African writing in English, with a leaning towards ...
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