Mafika Pascal Gwala (1947–2014) The poet-activist and the mirage of freedom by Thengani H Ngwenya

“…Mafika Pascal Gwala who passed away in September at the age of sixty seven (67) will be remembered as a straight- talking and often cantankerous South African poet who made a notable contribution to South African English poetry in the 1970s and 1980s. …”
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Meditasies in ’n begraafplaas: ’n Verkenning van Afrikaanse grafdigters en kerkhofpoësie by Gerda H. Taljaard-Gilson

Subjects: “…Afrikaans graveyard poets…”
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Charlemagne as David revisited by Lynton A. Boshoff

“…This image of the king, which is used in a closed context of the poets in question and their audience, has further implications for the status and goals of the poets at court, as well as the influence which Charlemagne had over the literary revival of the period.…”
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Preliminary notes on topicality and recent pandemic poetry by Isidore Diala

“…Focusing on the poets’ examination of the international politics of healthcare, and dispensing of palliatives, I interrogate the politics of the notion of common humanity vaunted in the wake of the pandemic’s exposure of the intangibility of territorial borders. …”
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Deep digital poetry: Interrogating Tiv oral poetry within postmodernity by Godwin Aondaofa Ikyer

“…The paper finally locates digi-orature, this new way of interrogating oral poets and their creations, within the ambience of postmodernity capable of attracting audiences outside the Tiv linguistic and geographical space.…”
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Aspekte van Lacaniaanse psigo-analise as kode by ’n semiotiese lesing van Breytenbach se ('<i>yk</i>') by M. Sienaert

“…Recurring references to the poet’s position in his own discourse, as well as the expression of despairing feelings of depersonalisation experienced by prisoners in general, however provide the key to a possible reading of these poems, especially when analysed in terms of the French psycho-analyst Jacques Lacan’s theory of subjectivity. …”
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Raised Eyes and Humble Hearts: by Gert TM Prinsloo

“…An analysis of the whole-body experience of the lyrical I in Pss 123 and 131 illustrates the poet’s longing for (Ps 123) and experience of being at-centre (Ps 131), in divine presence, i.e., in sacred space. …”
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Alienation in Ntshavheni Alfred Milubi’s poetry by Moffat Sebola

“… In this article, I analyse the thematization of alienation in the poetry of the Muvenḓa poet, playwright, and scholar Ntshavheni Alfred Milubi. …”
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Sisteemtendense in die Afrikaanse literatuur: ’n bestekopname van 1983 by F. Galloway

“…There are also voices on the periphery of the literary system which demand attention - young black poets and dramatists have for some years been involved in enacting and reciting their Afrikaans works on the Cape Flats and in townships on the Rand. …”
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Augustus Scriptus: Referencing the ‘real’ in Propertius by Johan Steenkamp

“…Nevertheless, Augustus is revealed to be a distant ruler mostly associated with military authority and wealth; at some instances, he is regarded as a messianic figure, which is also present in other poets. Most notably, the content analysis reveals a consistent engagement between the speaker in the Propertian poems and the power wielded by Augustus.…”
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Religious metaphors and the crisis of faith in Wole Soyinka’s poetry by Kayode Niyi Afolayan

“…While identifying the limitations of the poet’s Ogun trope, I dissect the centrality of faith issues in Soyinka’s poetry into two slants. …”
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Die agtergrond van Hubert du Plessis se Afrikaanse liedere (2) by Heinrich van der Mescht

“…In the first article on the genesis of his 35 Afrikaans songs, the origins of the four early settings of his own poems were discussed. The composer met the poet I.D. du Plessis before he set eight of his poems for the cycle Vreemde Liefde (Strange Love). …”
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Reading blank space from an ecopoetic perspective in selected poems by E.E. Cummings and William Carlos Williams by Etienne J. Terblanche

“…The blank space embodies this vibrancy in the poems examined; the poets use various devices to heighten the perception of this. …”
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Sydney Clouts’s poetry: Looking inwards, looking outwards by Michael Chapman

“…At the same time, Wylie posits that Clouts is the finest poet of his generation in South Africa of the 1960s. …”
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Is T.T. Cloete ’n Calvinistiese digter? by B. J. Odendaal

“…Is T.T. Cloete a Calvinist poet? T.T. Cloete has had a strong influence on contemporary Afrikaans poetry, particularly as a religious poet with a fanerotic world view. …”
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'Speech within speech': The writing of Antonio Tabucchi by R. Wilson

“…The journey is initiated by a book, Livro do Desassossego (The book of disquietude), by Fernando Pessoa, the “great poet” who awaits the narrator in the city of this novel. …”
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Die verwantskap tussen khôra en die mistiek in M.M. Walters se gedig ‘Die groot stilte’ by Elizabeth J. van der Berg, Phil van Schalkwyk

“…Walters (1929–2020) was mainly a satirist, but also a poet of religious verse. However, he differentiated himself as an unconventional religious poet and alternative seeker of God. …”
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Die intellektuele geskiedenis van bruin intelligentsia: ’n herbesoek aan P. J. Philander (1921–2006) by Steward van Wyk

“…I argue for further engagement with the ideas and actions of the poet and propose that liberal sentiments in his life and work provide further and important perspectives. …”
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Die skryf vind plaas in selfgeveg: versoeningstrategieë in <i>Kleur kom nooit alleen nie</i> deur Antjie Krog by M. Taljard

“…It therefore seems as if the liminal zone offers fertile space to the poet to think about and reconsider reconciliation and peaceful coexistence.…”
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Spieëlbeelde in die werk van Ingrid Jonker en Sylvia Plath by I. Gertenbach

“…Concluding remarks reveal that a mental block, or crypt, will always force a poet to reword his/her trauma.…”
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