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
edit- We Jive Like This, Botsotso Publishing, 1996
- Dirty Washing, Botsotso Publishing, 1999
- Bella (Collected Works), 2007
References
edit- ^ "Isabella Motadinyane". Poetry International. Archived from the original on 23 May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ "Isabella Motadinyane". Badilish Poetry X-Change. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ "poet muses: Isabella Motadinyane, poet (1963 – 2003)". Poetry Potion. Retrieved 1 May 2016.