“…The struggle of black people inevitably appear in an intensely cultural form because the social formation in which their distinct political traditions are now manifest has constructed the arena of politics on ground overshadowed by centuries of metropolitan capitalist development, thereby denying them recognition as legitimate politics. Blacks conduct a class struggle in and through race. The BC of race and class cannot be empirically separated, the class character of black struggles is not a result of the fact that blacks are predominantly proletarian, thought this is true…”- (Frank Talk Staff Writers in ‘Azania Salutes Tosh’ – circa 1981)
front cover:
Tosh by Steve Gordon
back cover:
Kippie by Basil Breakey
Diphehiso tsa Basotho by Pitso Mkhize & Mpho Moleleki (Bhiyoza Publishers, 2019)
Product Details
Diphehiso tsa Basotho is a Sesotho poetry book which is written by two poets who share passion for Sesotho.”Diphehiso tsa Basotho” means inputs of Basotho. Mkhize Pitso and Mpho named this book “Diphehiso tsa Basotho” because they were contributing their different inputs and ideas when they were writing this book. This book contains the following innovative features: definition of poetry, different types of Sesotho poems, Sesotho poetic devices, poet chosen words and many more. Most of the poems that we have selected for this book are intended to expose readers to real life problems that young people experience on a daily basis. Our poems evoke a number of feelings e.g. they can motivate, comfort, satisfy, and build.