Sipho Sepamla
Sydney Sipho Sepamla (1932 - January 9, 2007) was a contemporary South African poet and novelist.[1]
Born in a township near Krugersdorp, Sipho Sepamla lived most of his life in Soweto.[2] He studied teaching at Pretoria Normal College and published his first volume of poetry, Hurry Up to It!, in 1975. During this period he was active in the Black Consciousness movement and his 1977 book The Soweto I Love, partly a response to the Soweto Uprising of June 16, 1976, was banned by the apartheid reigime.[3] He was a founder of the Federated Union of Black Artists (now the Fuba Academy of Arts)and editor of the literary magazine New Classic and the theatre magazine S'ketsh.
He published several volumes of poetry and novels. He received the Thomas Pringle Award (1977) and the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for his writing. More recently in democratic South Africa he was a member of the government's Arts and Culture Task Group.
[edit] Works
Poetry
- Hurry Up to It! (Donker, 1975)
- The Soweto I Love (1977)
- Selected poems (Donker, 1984)
- From Gorée to Soweto (1988)
Novels
- The Root is One (1979)
- A Ride on the Whirlwind (1981)
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Message of Condolences on the passing of three prominent South African writers, Department of Arts and Culture, Government of South Africa Accessed March 1, 2007
- ^ Sipho Sepamla (Contemporary Africa Database) Accessed: January 15, 2007
- ^ Sydney Sipho Sepamla Accessed: January 15, 2007
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