Lesego Rampolokeng

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Lesego Rampolokeng (born 1965) is a South African writer, playwright and performance poet.

He was born in Soweto and has performed in many countries and with musicians such as Julian Bahula, Soulemane Toure, Louis Mhlanga and Gunther Sommer. He appears alongside poet Lefifi Tladi in the documentary GIANT STEPS (2005) directed by Geoff Mphakati and Aryan Kaganof.

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[edit] Poetry

  • Horns for Hondo (COSAW, 1990)
  • End Beginnings (Shifty CD with the Kalahari Surfers, 1993)
  • Talking Rain (COSAW, 1993)
  • Rap Master Supreme - Word Bomber in the Extreme (1997)
  • End Beginnings (German Translations) (Marino, 1998)
  • Blue V's (German Translations with CD) (Edition Solitude, 1998)
  • The Bavino Sermons (Gecko Poetry, 1999)
  • The h.a.l.f. ranthology (CD with various musicians, 2002)

[edit] Plays

  • Fanon's Children

[edit] Novels

  • Blackheart (Pine Slopes Publications, 2004)
  • Whiteheart (deep south publishing, 2005)

[edit] External links

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