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Maakomele R. Manaka

Maakomele R. Manaka is a Soweto born poet with a strong artistic heritage. Mak, as he is widely known, has published three collections of poetry If Only (self published, 2003. Edited by Don Mattera) and In Time (Geko,2009. Edited by Andrew Miller) and Flowers Of A Broken Smile (Inksword, 2016); two of which have been translated into Italian and German. His writings have appeared in literary journals and news papers globally and in South Africa. He also recorded a dub-poetry album titled, Word Sound Power. Manaka has been invited to perform his poetry at various literary festivals locally and abroad, from Soweto to Spain, Cuba, Jamaica, Lesotho, Botswana, Germany, Holland, Italy, Switzerland and at the inauguration of former president Mr. Thabo Mbeki; he also performed for the late Mr. Nelson Mandela. 

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