uHlanga is proud to announce the publication of Poetry NonScenes, a new collection of performance poems by newcomers to the poetry scene, compiled in part by the South African Poetry Project (ZAPP).
Fresh new voices! Here is a range of South Africans – school learners, university students, and working professionals – giving their poetic perspective on the modern world.
Compiled from two workshops held in 2024, this collection shows that the poetry of the stage is also of the page, covering an array of subjects and unrestrained by form. Edgy, experimental and passionate, diverse and dynamic reflections on the present moment in South Africa and the world, by those who will write its future.
(Performances from the two workshops, many of which relate to poems within this collection, can be seen at www.poetrynonscenes.com and www.zapp.org.za.)
This anthology was produced in collaboration with ZAPP and Poetry NonScenes, supported by the Johannesburg Holocaust Centre, the External Engagement Committee of the History Department of University College London, the University of Pretoria and the University of South Africa. It includes new performance poems by Shade K. Olugbosi, Dshamilja Roshani, Amanda Majola, Elizabeth Makanha-Dhliwayo, Kiara Braum, Denise Newfield, Rachel Freeme, Katlego Malema, Ivai Nyamutsamba, Sharon Rose, Tshegofatso Masemola, Nicole Best, Katlego Choshi, Delyne Nyasha Madziva, Kekana Phologo, Busisiwe Kgosi, Sabrina Alho, Ntokozo Twala, Ilanit Furman, Tania Nobantu Ngindana, Jolene Raison, Sandisiwe Dlamini, Olive Olusegun, Mpho Mametja, Imange Lobese, Choaro Letsoha, Diyoni Harisinghe, Leya Muthen, and Laeeqa Ebrahim.
Poetry NonScenes is out now, and is available in and to order from good bookstores in South Africa, Namibia and Botswana.
Click here to buy a copy from Wordsworth Books in South Africa for R150 excluding delivery.
Like all of our books currently in print, it is also available overseas through the African Books Collective.
For press and review copies, mail nick@uhlangapress.co.za. Distribution in Southern Africa is managed by Protea Distribution. Bookstores (and other retail) may order at cserv@proteadistribution.co.za.