Inkonzo Yezinkondlo

Bathi ake siphawule Kuthiwa isimo sitshekile Enzansi kuyantula nabantu baxakekile Izizwe zikhemile nabahlakaniphileyo badidekile Bathi ake siphawule Thina abangasibheki nakusibona kasibonwa Engani bona bachemile bafundile bagogodile Kepha bebhekile imiphefumulo ichithekile Okwetiye emasosweni eminikelo ezinkonzweni Bathi ake sibeke amabili noma amathathu Ulimi lwethu balwazi lusokile lucolekile Namazwi ethu enothile Kepha nxa siphefumula basihleka usulu Kulalelwa abadumile

The Culture called HIP HOP

If there was an MC that could be handed the accolades for being the very epitome of the culture called HIP HOP, it would have to be the one called Blastmaster KRS-One. We will elucidate later why this is …

a map of possible futures

We Are The Future

Word Wide Web

A Collection of Essays to be published as a series by end November 2021 Word Wide Web: Meditations from the Green Ankh Works Site 1st Draft for print publication September 2021 Background In my previous collection of essays, stories and poems, I mentioned that there are so many events that occur in and around our

Excerpt From Soon To Be Published Book

Menzi Maseko Spontaneous Poetry Collection A collection of poems written mostly spontaneously on social media platforms or live during and after music performances. 1 The Ring Of Fire (revisitation) Last night I saw Johnny Cash while blowing my trumpet At first I thought it was the Devil then I remembered that Black is the colour

The Sound We Revere

To discover new music is akin to remembering ones name after bouts of amnesia.

Akashic: Spirit Sounds from The Devoted

Newness: a short story by Menzi Maseko

They call it Speculative fiction, magical realism and even phantasy or science fiction. We just call it Indaba. Siyazixoxela nje: This one is called Newness Unlocks Time aka NUT Newness Unlocks Time The eighth floor of The Meikles Hotel does not feel like it is eight stories up. Somehow, it seems much lower, compared to

Our Mothers Gifts of Storytelling