Black South African Poets of the 1970’s and their Publications

Published: 20 Nov 2014
Updated: 20 Jul 2026

Poet	Critical Writings and Interviews	Publications	Date
Keorapetsi Kgositsile	The word is Here: Poetry from Modern Africa		1971
		For Melba	1970
		The Present Is a Dangerous Place to Live	January 1974
		To the Bitter End	June 1974
		My Name is Afrika, Doubleday	1971
	Approaches to Poetry Writing		October 1994
		If I Could Sing: Selected Poems	January 2002
		This Way I Salute You	September 2007
Oswald Mtshali		Sounds of A Cowhide Drum, Renoster Press	1971
		Fireflames	1980
	Soweto Poetry, ed. Michael Chapman
	Black Poetry in SA, Iowa State Univ
Mongane Serote		Yakal ‘nKomo”, Renoster books	1972, Johannesburg
		Tsetlo, AD Donker	1974
		No Baby Must Weep, AD Donker	1975
		Third World Express, David Philip	1992
	Interview with Serote by Duncan Brown
	In Theoria: Jounal of Social and Political Theory		October, 1992
Wopko Jensma		Sing for Our Execution, Ophir//Ravan Press	1973
		Where White is the Colour, Where Black Is the Number, Ravan Press	1974
		Have You seen My clippings	1977
Sipho Sepamla		Hurry up to it, AD Donker	1975
		The Bues is You in Me, Donker	1976
		The Soweto I Love. Collins	1977
		Children of the Earth	1983
		Selected Poems	1984
Mafika Gwala	Black Writing in South Africa		1979
		Jol ‘nKomo	1978
		Behold Mama Flowers	1978
	Writing as Cultural weapon		1984
Ingoapele Madingoane		Afrika My Beginning	1979
Chris van Wyk		It is Time to Go home, AD Donker	1979
Fhazel Johennesse		The Rainmaker	1979

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