Asinakuthula Collective The 2nd Maxeke-Mgqwetho Annual Lecture

Makhosazana Xaba will deliver the lecture, followed by a conversation with Precious Bikitsha. Makhosazana Xaba is currently a Research Associate at WiSER working towards a biography of Helen Nontando Jabavu (Noni), the author of Drawn in Colour: African Contrasts (1960) and The Ochre People: Scenes from a South African Life (1963). Makhosazana is an anthologist, essayist, a short story writer and poet. She has published three collections of poetry, one collection of short stories and edited six anthologies on a range of genres. The most recent, groundbreaking anthology Our Words, Our Worlds: Writing on Black South African Women Poets, 2000 – 2018 has received public acclaim and is considered an “instant classic”. She holds an MA in Creative Writing (with distinction) from Wits university.