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Collection of poems written during Portuguese colonial rule expressing longing for freedom and Angolan identity, becoming anthems of the independence movement.
Mtshali's debut collection, Sounds of a Cowhide Drum, sold over 12,000 copies in South Africa — unprecedented for poetry. This later collection continues his stark portraits of township life.
Mtshali's landmark debut — stark, imagistic poems about Black South African township life. 'Boy on a Swing,' 'An Abandoned Bundle,' 'Ride the Bold Wind.' A revolution in South African poetry.
Poems written before, during, and after Brutus's imprisonment on Robben Island for opposing apartheid. His Sirens Knuckles Boots is among them — love poems and prison poems inseparable.