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Jun 11, 2024 · When South African poet and statesman Keorapetse Kgositsile (1938–2018) was instructed by senior members of his party, the African National Congress (ANC), to flee the country into exile in 1961, he packed among his meagre belongings a corpus of Tswana literary classics.
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Jun 11, 2024 · “This anthology subsequently went into obscurity and I learnt about it through the late poet Keorapetse Kgositsile, who had a copy of it. During apartheid, he was in exile mainly in New York. He became a mentor of mine and the subject of my PhD research,” Phalafala explains.
Jun 11, 2024 · Continuities between Tswana worlds and Black world politics—Read an excerpt from Keorapetse Kgositsile and the Black Arts Movement by Uhuru Portia Phalafala
Jun 20, 2024 · Keorapetse Kgositsile. Keorapetse William Kgositsile was a South African Tswana poet, journalist and political activist born in 1938. An influential member of the African National Congress in the 1960s and 1970s, 'Bra Willie' was inaugurated as South Africa's National Poet Laureate in 2006.
4 days ago · Picture: Anubhava School of Dance. "Kosha“ was first staged in April 2021 at the Keorapetse William Kgositsile Theatre in Johannesburg. It received critical acclaim and multiple standing ...
Jun 22, 2024 · In April 2021, Kosha played to capacity audiences when it was staged at the Keorapetse William Kgositsile Theatre in Johannesburg.
Jun 13, 2024 · Highlighting the importance of land, Keorapetse Kgositsile, a prominent anti-apartheid poet, often wrote about the struggle for land and justice, foreseeing the conflicts and resistance that would arise.
