PORT Elizabeth township poet Mxolisi Nyezwa has won the prestigious Thomas Pringle Award for poetry.
“I am very grateful for the recognition of my work,” said Nyezwa, who also received an award from Rhodes University this year.
The interior of his tidy office in Motherwell, Port Elizabeth contrasts sharply with its appearance from the outside – a blue container among the shacks which dominate the area.
“From here I am fighting for the preservation of black poetry”, said Nyezwa, who has devoted his life to poetry, writing and teaching other people how to do so.
Listen to Mxolisi’s recitation in The Herald
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