Xhosa literature is the spoken and written literature of the
Xhosa people of
Southern Africa. The
Xhosa language is spoken in South Africa and Zimbabwe.
20th-century literature
Poet and teacher St John Page Yako wrote poetry using motifs derived from oral literature to describe the consequences of disastrous land politics of mid-century South Africa.
Notable poets
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Sipho Burns-Ncamashe
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William Wellington Gqoba
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Samuel Edward Krune Mqhayi
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Enoch Sontonga
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St John Page Yako
