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Author & Editor

Makhosazana Xaba

MAKHOSAZANA XABA is the author of two poetry collections: these hands (2005) and, Tongues of their Mothers (2008). Her poetry has been anthologized widely, translated into Italian, Mandarin and Turkish and also available from the Cambridge Poetry Archive. She is the editor of, Like the untouchable wind: An anthology of poems (2016). Her collection of collection of fiction, Running & other stories (2013), won the SALA Nadine Gordimer Short Story Award in 2014. Her short story "Running" won the Deon Hofmeyr Prize for Creative Writing in 2005 and was anthologised in, 20 Best Short Stories of South Africa's Democracy, in 2014. She has co-edited three anthologies; Proudly Malawian: Life Stories from lesbian and gender-nonconforming individuals (2016) and Queer Africa: New and Collected Fiction (2013) which won the 26th Lambda Literary Award for the fiction anthology category in 2014 and was translated in Spanish in the same year. In 2017, Queer Africa 2: New Fiction is coming out. Xaba holds an MA in Writing (with distinction) from The University of the Witwatersrand. 

  • The Alkalinity of Bottled Water
    The Alkalinity of Bottled Water
    by Makhosazana Xaba
    Botsotso Publishing , South Africa
  • Queer Africa
    Award
    Queer Africa
    edited by Karen Martin, Makhosazana Xaba
    MaThoko's Books, South Africa
  • Queer Africa 2
    Queer Africa 2
    edited by Makhosazana Xaba, Karen Martin
    MaThoko's Books, South Africa
  • Running and Other Stories
    Award
    Running and Other Stories
    by Makhosazana Xaba
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
  • These Hands
    These Hands
    by Makhosazana Xaba
    Modjaji Books, South Africa
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