by Sarah Lubala Sarah Lubala’s A History of Disappearance made: * Brittle Paper’s “Notable African Books of 2022” * African Arguments' “The Best African Books of 2022” * The Africa Reports' “15 Must-read Books This Summer” * Open Country Mag‘s “The 60 Notable Books of...
by Abu Bakr Solomons In this second collection, following his debut A Season of Tenderness and Dread (published by Botsotso, 2018), Abu Bakr Solomons continues his exploration of the unfolding social and political milieu – worlds in transition – both locally and...
by Jean Francois Kouadio Comprenons-nous réellement le contenu principiel du contrat social? Comment combattre effacement la corruption. Pourquoi assistons-nous continuellement à la dilution des repères normatifs, à la montée du tribalisme et de la xénophobie? Comment...
by Gail Dendy From the unusual opening poem (conflating birth with a car crash) to its close (an abandoned suitcase representing an entire lifetime), this book weaves its stories backwards and forwards through time and place. There is insight, sensuality, reflection,...
Drama: The Dramas of Life edited by Allan Kolski Horwitz, Siphiwe ka Ngwenya, Ike Mboneni Muila Botsotso 20: Drama. The Dramas of Life is an anthology of eight South African plays drawn from the last decade (2008 -18) and engages with personal dilemmas and social...
by Makhosazana Xaba Makhosazana Xaba, with several collections and anthologies to her name, is at the forefront of a poetry that embraces penetrating socio-political insight with highly emotional responses to the love and pain that our country provides in such...
edited by Allan Kolski Horwitz With over seventy poets represented, this is a bumper edition of the journal and given the number of interesting and accomplished poems received (over the past two years since publication of Botsotso 17), we believed it worthwhile to...
True, False and Fantastical edited by Allan Kolski Horwitz, Siphiwe ka Ngwenya, Ike Mboneni Muila Botsotso 19: Fiction. True, False and Fantastical includes thirty-one pieces by a wide range of southern African writers accompanied with photographs by Moshe Sekete...
Jean-François Kouadio How can poverty be eradicated? How can Africa be industrialised? How can corruption be fought? How armed conflicts be settled? Why are so many Africans maladjusted once back from western universities? How can religious fundamentalism and...
edited by Quaz Roodt An anthology of poetry by students at the University of Johannesburg Footprints of the Heart is an anthology of poetry written by University of Johannesburg students and compiled by Quaz Roodt as part of the University's poetry programme. The...