Isabella Motadinyane Explained

Isabella Motadinyane (1963 – 2003) was a South African poet, performance poet and actor.

She was born in Soweto and was a founding member of the Botsotso Jesters poetry group, and was on the editorial board of Botsotso Publishing, both named after a line from one of her poems "die is mos bosotsos". She wrote and performed in a number of languages, including English, Sotho, Camtho and Afrikaans.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Works

• We Jive Like This, Botsotso Publishing, 1996
• Dirty Washing, Botsotso Publishing, 1999
• Bella (Collected Works), 2007

Notes and References

1. Web site: Isabella Motadinyane . Poetry International . 1 May 2016 . 23 May 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180523013420/https://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/12314 . dead .
2. Web site: Isabella Motadinyane . Badilish Poetry X-Change . 1 May 2016.
3. Web site: poet muses: Isabella Motadinyane, poet (1963 – 2003) . Poetry Potion . 1 May 2016.