Botsotso is a grouping of poets, writers and artists who wish to both create art as well as to generate the means for its public exposure and appreciation. We speak particularly of art that is of and about the varied cultures and life experiences of people in South Africa as expressed in the many languages spoken and written in our country.

Botsotso is committed to a proliferation of styles and a multiplicity of themes and characters. Multidisciplinary art forms and performances are similarly embraced.

The transition from a closed, authoritarian society to a pluralistic and democratic one offers artists an opportunity to explore the truths of our inner and social lives with a freedom that has not existed before. Flowing from this, the consequences and lessons of Apartheid must still be examined while the challenges of the current period throw up their difficulties, their complexities.

Botsotso works with interaction: the different elements of the South African mosaic colliding, synthesizing - affected both by social forces and the individual's uniqueness.

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Far From Home
Poems and Stories by African Foreigners Living in South Africa

What is it like to be far from home and living in South Africa?
Botsotso, a non-profit poetry journal, is planning a collection of poems and stories that tell about the African ‘outsider’ experience in South Africa. If you are a refugee or foreign national from elsewhere in Africa, we want to hear from you.
Send us a poem or a story about your life here, good or bad. Tell us some of your experiences. Or share your feelings about the country you have left behind.
The best creative poems and stories will be selected for publication by Botsotso. You can write in any language, but you must provide an English translation with your entry. Artwork will also be considered.

If your work is selected, you will receive 2 free copies of the collection.

Send entries to: BOTSOTSO, P.O. Box 30952, Braamfontein 2017
Or email to: bregine@ukzn.ac.za

Remember to include your name and contact details
• Closing date for entries is 1 October 2009.
• For enquires, contact: ELANA BREGIN on 031 260 1657 during working hours. Or email: bregine@ukzn.ac.za