The Township In A Crystal Ball

Poet's biography
Lonwabo Mfuyo known as "Slumchild" in hip hop/poetry circles, hails from Butterworth but grew up in Mdantsane, a township in East London (Eastern Cape). He moved to Johannesburg in 2004 as a young teenager where he explored his love for poetry and music. He has travelled to most townships particularly Katlehong, Thokoza, Everton, Palm Springs, Vooslorus, Dube, Baseline (Newtown) to name but a few and has learnt from giants like Afurakan, Flo, Lebo Mashile, Matodzi Gift Ramashia to gather skills and to discover the meaning of poetry and music. He has always had a love for words and is insightful enough to acknowledge early South African activists and writers on socio-economic, political, religious, emotional, esoteric and psychological issues of the country.
"The township in a crystal ball" is a riddle-like and thought-provoking collection of poems written in a story-telling and revealing manner. It lets the reader into the heart of the township with poetic imagery. Painting the picture of personalities and reactions to a contemporary South Africa, this collection of poems sheds light on many issues. Ranging from alcohol and drug abuse, political betrayal, to unemployment and corrupt leadership, Mfuyo's Pan Africanist wakefulness persists on realistic criticism and remains richly factual. The book concentrates on rural and township life, and inevitably the city of gold with tales of love and tragedy. It is definitely an interesting read!

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