"Permit me, then, my lord, to make sacrifices for my father, To accompany his spirit to its resting place. Through his many children on earth Let him trace the echoes of his heroic poems." Mazisi Kunene

"Everybody has done his wig poem and wig play. You know, where we put Black people down for not having taken care of business. But what we so easily forget is our own wig." Nikki Giovanni #Sundaytea

"The parishioners swing tipsy with sermon and prayer, a cacophony, deafening, so much wisdom sounding together, the sound rising to the sun, extinguishing it along with daytime distractions." Jeffery Renard Allen

@BuddyWells1 Sad stuff this Buddy. Hope it's found soon.

"There is a heritage of wisdom in the sky: The continous succession of suns and moons and stars, The furtherance of life through the convoluted cloud, The fierce encounters of new earths and old sins, The splendid rivers churning out the promise of future life... " Mazisi Kunene

RT @ashoswai: "You are going to get out of Europe!" - Shouted before starting to fire at the adult students of the school, who were mostly…

@StevieGodson It's my pleasure Stevie. All the best.

RT @eugeneskeef: i am a migrating bird on your shoulders (for the hadandawa dancers of sudan)

RT @KayaON959: It’s #POV with @PhemeloMotene, with you until 22:00. Tune in!

Hot off the press. New work by Frank Meintjies, a gentle & accomplished South African poet, a dear brother. Salutes! "i am khoi i am bits of salt i am the rock algae abiding i am words planted in crevices & i am thoughts borne pollen-like on winds of time..." Bits of Salt

RT @markcurtis30: Look at these carefully written BBC headlines.

RT @thandiswamazwai: Memorial for Thabang Tabane today at the state theatre at 2pm

My dear brother, Hugh Mdlalose on his knees doing his thing. Salutes!

"When will we see that the world exists for all who live in it? Change starts with you and me." Lira

@theabhayk It's my pleasure Abhay. ✊

@theabhayk @PenguinIndia @jorgeheinel @mkoirala @DalrympleWill @sanjeevsanyal @NamitaGokhale_ @PritishNandy @mileeashwarya @MikeDwyerMike Congratulations Abhay K, my dear brother. Iook forward to reading this work in the new year.

RT @theabhayk: Over the moon to reveal the cover of my much awaited book #Nalanda: How it Changed the World, published by @PenguinIndia. Th…

RT @EducNurture: @blendnwhip Anything by Mbulelo Vizikhungo Mzamane but from that era, especially "The Children of Soweto" and "Mzala"

RT @eugeneskeef: hibernation season

"We don't need a dream, we don't need a paradise We are the dream, the crossway of the rainbow The dawn that breaks all around the earth We shall plant motherhood on all things And through us the season shall see the earth's awakening..." Mazisi Kunene

RT @tsoaeli_herbie: Tonight!! In C Town!! Closer to the Hours Time!!! Few tickets left!!! See You there lovely People!!! 🎟 @QuicketSA h…