Keorapetse Kgositsile
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 6 years ago |
| Date of birth | September 19,1938 |
| Zodiac sign | Virgo |
| Born | Johannesburg |
| South Africa | |
| Date of died | January 3,2018 |
| Died | Netcare Milpark Hospital |
| Johannesburg | |
| South Africa | |
| Spouse | Baleka Mbete |
| Children | Earl Sweatshirt |
| Job | Poet |
| Journalist | |
| Political activist | |
| Books | When the clouds clear |
| The present is a dangerous place to live | |
| This Way I Salute You | |
| To the Bitter End | |
| Approaches To Poetry Writing | |
| Beyond Words: South African Poetics | |
| For Melba: Poems | |
| If I could sing | |
| Education | Columbia University |
| Genres | Jazz |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 431055 |
Keorapetse Kgositsile Life story
Keorapetse William Kgositsile OIS, 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.
Keorapetse Kgositsile Photos
