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Bosman at his best - A selection from the writings of Herman Charles Bosman  Published by Human & Rousseau 1995, Culled by Lionel Abrahams,  fourth impression, soft cover in good condition, 206 pages.

1980. Soft cover; 63 pages. Very good condition. Slightly bumped upper corner. Minor edgewear. Under 1kg. Illustrated with woodcuts by various African artists Mbuyiseni Oswald Mtshali was born in Kwabhanya (Vryheid), KwaZulu-Natal in 1940. After completing secondary school in he went to Soweto hoping to study social work. Apartheid legislation prevented his enrolment but he studied via correspondence, obtaining a diploma with Premier School of Journalism and Authorship, affiliated to London University. He worked as a messenger in Johannesburg, drawing on his observations of the city to write the poems that became his first collection, Sounds of a Cowhide Drum. Published by Lionel Abrahams of Renoster in 1971, with a foreword written by Nadine Gordimer, this book went on to become the best-selling poetry book in South African history. Following the extraordinary success of his debut, Mtshali went in 1974 to study at the International Writers’ Program at the University of Iowa. This was followed by undergraduate studies at the New School of Social Research, and an MFA from Columbia University. His second collection,  Fireflames, was published in 1980, whilst working as a deputy headmaster at Pace Commercial College in Jabulani, Soweto. With it overt criticism of the government, it was banned. After a stint working for the South African Council of Churches he returned in 1988 to Columbia University to pursue his doctoral studies. He taught in the USA until his return to South Africa in 2007. 

  Author(s): various - Bongani Sitole, Denis Hirson, Lionel Abrahams et al, edited by Leon de Kock and Ian Tromp  Title:      The Heart in Exile, South African Poetry in English, 1990 -1995  ISBN:  0 14 058760 8  Publisher/place: Penguin South Africa, Johannesburg  This Edition: first  Year of Publication: 1996  Binding: paperback Number of pages:  332  Weight: 392g  Condition:   Very good  Please see pictures, as these form part of the description.  

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