by Lehlohonolo Shale Taking back my revolutionary heritage The courageous heritage of Sharpeville Langa My June 16 My Fees must Fall Don’t erase it like they did My pennywhistle Coming out of a painter’s shrapnel Drawing from the well of…
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A dead swallow
by AA Maree I saw a swallow on the walk up on the bench, dead on the floor I’d guess a cat or dog had got it something pretty and hopeful now in the sand at least walkers can see…
Everybody can Babble but not every Little Brat has the Strategic Network Cable
by Mphutlane wa Bofelo It’s true that every revolution needs a theory But, comrades, to sell theory you need resources It’s true again, comrades, every revolution needs art But art itself needs funding It’s also a truism, comrades, that making…
Doek: Black and female
by Liyema Mkabile Iqhiya is the isiXhosa word for a head wrap, it is dignified. A doek (at least as I understand it) is any common cloth, at times it is a head wrap and at other times it is…
Be Alert to be Dead
by Partha Sarkar Be alert to be dead. In the direction of the wind, The explosive waits for an explosion And sees the sky, the state gaping And hell the weapon The result of the additions. Everyone and…
