Isabella Motadinyane

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

References

1. "Isabella Motadinyane". Poetry International. Archived from the original on 23 May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
2. "Isabella Motadinyane". Badilish Poetry X-Change. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
3. "poet muses: Isabella Motadinyane, poet (1963 – 2003)". Poetry Potion. Retrieved 1 May 2016.