Silhouettes

By Kaizer M. Nyatsumba

Silhouettes is a collection of reflective and personal poetry covering three decades. As the title indicates, the poems provide some information about an author who is otherwise a private man, although he has a high public profile in South Africa.

 

The poems contained in the book range from those dealing with universal and everyday matters like love and its various stages, to those dealing with uniquely South African matters when that country was undergoing a transition from apartheid to a democracy. They were written in different parts of the world, including the USA, the United Kingdom and, of course, South Africa.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
• Release date: Jan 4, 2022
• ISBN: 9781528957885

Kaizer M. Nyatsumba

Kaizer M. Nyatsumba is a writer, poet and business executive. He has previously worked as a journalist in South Africa and the United Kingdom; he was the Editor of the Daily News in Durban, South Africa and Associate Editor of The Independent in London, UK.

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About the Author

Kaizer M. Nyatsumba is a writer, poet and business executive. He has previously worked as a journalist in South Africa and the United Kingdom; he was the Editor of the Daily News in Durban, South Africa and Associate Editor of The Independent in London, UK.

Dedication

This book is dedicated to:

My late

Parents, Silverton Manikani Nyatsumba and Maria Ntombizodwa Nkambule;

Brothers, Julius and Parties Nyatsumba and Elphus Adonis Motha; and

Parents-in-law, Amon Magqamane and Evelyn Tholi Mlangeni.

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Kaizer M. Nyatsumba 2022

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ISBN 9781528957885 (ePub e-book)

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Introduction

The poems in this book are the most personal that I have ever written. They reflect different experiences that I have gone through in my life and a whole gamut of