Tatamkhulu Afrika at Old Poetry

I lived from 1920-2002. I was from South Africa.

Novelist and prize-winning poet, Tatamkhulu Afrika was born in Egypt in 1920 and came to South Africa as a young child. He was a veteran of World War 2 and, as a member of Umkhonto we Sizwe (Spear of the Nation), was active in the South African freedom struggle.

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Links of interest include http://southafrica.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=5386

My poetry

Nothing’s Changed

Small round hard stones click
under my heels,

28 lines
The Knifing

Black workers pass
me carrying their tools.

102 lines
Remembering

I am looking back a long way now:
will the circle close?

30 lines, 1 comment
Small Bird Singing In A Bush

Small bird in a bush:
cars in the street rush

37 lines
Shaman

The leopard lay,
long and dappled, under the leaves.

52 lines
Dark Where Loneliness Hides

Cat’s small child cries
in the dark where loneliness hides.

28 lines
Maqabane

Like gnats after rain,
sudden beetles born

68 lines

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