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When Rains Come, Mzi Mahola's second collection is strongly reminiscent of William Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Eperience. The childhood poems, gently nostalgic for a rural and traditional upbringing, are told in a voice that hints at premonitions of regret and anger. The adult poems contemplate the toll taken by liberation on the moral values of a traditional upbringing. The anger is controlled and the bitterness tempered by compassion a...

Dancing with Hyenas is a tour-de-force that blends excellent prose with fact-driven stories to give a fresh perspective of the black struggle against the oppressive conditions of apartheid South Africa. The reader is taken 'behind the scenes' to conversations and strategy sessions in which successive generations of black youths are conscientized about the ideals of the liberation struggle. In the book, author Mzi Mahola tells the stories in e...

Lo kaMahola uthi le ncwadi lizibulo lakhe ekubongeni, kodwa isimbo sidiza ukuba ungumakad' enethwa kubhalo lwencwadi. Umbhali lo usebenzisa uthetha-thethwano ukutsala umdla kumfundi. Mve xa esithi, "Uvela phi ezinzulwini zobusuku?" Kwisithandwa sam. "Ngoku?" Le mbongi igxila ngokufihla isithethe ngamava ayo entlalo yobomi. Esi sakhono sivela xa esithi, "Ethwel' ubhaka emqolo Okwenyosi ivela kuhlangula." Yiva kwakhon' intsingisel' efihlakeleyo ...

If the cruel reality which was instituted by law and was so defended through brute force by the past Apartheid South African system is as this writing by Mzi states, why must that be forgotten, by those who fought with spirit, limb and mind against it with the objective to defeat and destroy it, or why must its perpetrators, who now become the citizens of the new dispensation, be encouraged or allowed to forget that past? If ever such a brute...

INGCACISO Le mibongo ibhalwe apha iguqulelwe yasiwa esiXhoseni. Ithatyathwe kwezi ncwadi, Strange Things, When Rains Come, Dancing With Hyenas, The Last Chapter, kwakunye neminye engekapapashwa. Yonke ibhalwe yaguqulwa nguMzi Mahola. Lo kaMahola uthi le ncwadi lizibulo lakhe ekubongeni, kodwa isimbo sidiza ukuba ungumakad' enethwa kubhalo lwencwadi. Umbhali lo usebenzisa uthetha-thethwano ukutsala umdla kumfundi. Mve xa esithi, "Uvela phi e...

If the cruel reality which was instituted by law and was so defended through brute force by the past Apartheid South African system is as this writing by Mzi states, why must that be forgotten, by those who fought with spirit, limb and mind against it with the objective to defeat and destroy it, or why must its perpetrators, who now become the citizens of the new dispensation, be encouraged or allowed to forget that past? If ever such a brute...

Mzi Mahola ranks as one of South Africa's most seasoned and profound poetic voices currently at work. His poetry, though deeply rooted in the literal and cultural earth of his traditional upbringing, has a global and contemporary reach. His is a praise singer's voice, perfectly attuned to the political and social complexities of the moment, intensely patriotic, but also boldly outspoken in its criticisms of leaders and the populace alike. Maho...