Keorapetse William Kgositsile OIS (19 September 1938 – 3 January 2018), also known by his pen name Bra Willie, was a South African Tswana poet, journalist and political activist. An influential member of the African National Congress in the 1960s and 1970s, he was inaugurated as South Africa's National Poet Laureate in 2006. [ 1 ]

Jan 1, 2025 · Keorapetse Kgositsile (born September 19, 1938, Johannesburg, South Africa—died January 3, 2018, Johannesburg) was a South African poet and essayist whose writings focus on Pan-African liberation as the fruit of …

Jan 16, 2018 · Keorapetse Kgositsile, a South African poet whose writing and activism helped bridge his country’s freedom struggle with the Black Arts Movement in the United States, died on Jan. 3 in...

Jan 3, 2018 · Keorapetse William Kgositsile (popularly known as Bra Willie) was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He attended Matibane High School. Influenced by European writers such as Charles Dickens and D.H. Lawrence, Kgositsile began writing as a …

Born in Johannesburg, South African poet and editor Keorapetse Kgositsile left his homeland in 1961 because of the pressures of apartheid. He earned an MFA at Columbia University, and his publications include This Way I Salute You (2004), If I Could Sing: Selected Poems (2002), and The Present Is a Dangerous Place to Live (1974).

Jan 3, 2018 · Keorapetse Kgositsile, South African poet laureate and the father of Earl Sweatshirt, has died, SABC News reports. He was 79 years old. Kgositsile’s writing career began at...

Oct 6, 2023 · Five years after passing away, Prof Keorapetse "Bra Willie" Kgositsile is still revered as one of the most incisive poets and thinkers of his generation.

Jan 8, 2018 · He influenced the Last Poets and worked as a political activist with the African National Congress, serving as poet laureate in 2006—now the world mourns the death of Keorapetse Kgositsile, announced last Wednesday morning at the age of 79. Kgositsile is also the father of rapper Earl Sweatshirt.

Keorapetse William Kgositsile (popularly known as Bra Willie) was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) in South Africa. He passed away on January 3, 2018 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He attended Matibane High School. Influenced by European writers such as Charles Dickens and D.H. Lawrence, Kgositsile began writing as a hobby.

Keorapetse William Kgositsile (19 September 1938 – 3 January 2018), also known by his pen name Bra Willie, was one of the most internationally acclaimed and widely published South African poets. Some of his work has been translated into many languages.