Volume, Power, Originality: Reassessing the Complexities of Soweto Poetry.

This article aims to reassess recent and continuing analyses of Soweto poetry that merely confirm it as a product and expression of a Black Consciousness vogue. Discussing works by Mongane Serote, Sipho Sepamla, James Matthews and Njabulo Ndebele, I argue that although Black Consciousness ideas of s...

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Published in:	Journal of Southern African Studies Vol. 41; no. 4; pp. 905 - 924
Main Author:	Penfold, Tom
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Aug2015
Subjects:	Soweto (South Africa) Black Consciousness Movement of South Africa Serote, Mongane Wally, 1944- Sepamla, Sipho Matthews, James Ndebele, Njabulo South African poetry Literature & race
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