South African Poets
Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban & Other
Atang TshikareMusician and PoetCape Town
Atang Tshikare is a self-taught multidisciplinary artist. His voice resonates with a visionary African identity that embraces a global contemporary art language.
Botlhale BoikanyoPoet and Praise SingerJohannesburg
Spoken word artist and 2012 SA’S Got Talent winner Botlhale Boikanyo (13 at the time) performed her poems at The Legacy of Hope Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital campaign inauguration in New York.
BusiswaSinger and PoetJohannesburg
Busiswa Gqulu known mononymously as Busiswa or Busi, is a South African singer-songwriter and poet.
Gcina MhlopheMotivational Speaker and MCDurban
After a business brief, Gcina then creates her stories around the company’s needs. The stories message can vary from teamwork and commitment to dealing with complacency and negativity.
Lebo MashileGuest Speaker and MCJohannesburg
In her work as a life skills facilitator for adolescents – focusing on topics like gender issues, teamwork and sexuality – poetry has been her preferred medium.
Nomakhwezi BeckerPoetDurban
Becker’s work has a great focus on claiming the in-between space as a mixed race and transnational woman who has grown up between Europe and South Africa.
