The Marrow of Life

About the Book

This book is a collection of poems which were written over a number of years, the author was influenced by his South African experiences. They come in both isiZulu and in English. Politics, the economy, religion and social changes have occurred in South Africa as it has been happening elsewhere in the world.
When things are happening in the world they affect social classes of different groups in society, it influences the mood of writing as it can be picked up in this poetry that some of them are written with anger and others with a sombre mood while others are giving warning and advising. This material explains a lot about the personality of the writer and the environment in which he grew up.

About the Author

Skhumbuzo Letlaka was born in St.Wendolins, the province of KwaZuluNatal, South Africa. He attended his primary education at a missionary school in St. Wendolins. It was due to forced evictions under the apartheid laws of influx control (i.e. controlling the migration of black people from rural to urban areas) that he had to move to Clermont Township. He completed his high school classes in 1983 and studied as a teacher from 1986, in 1988 he graduated with a diploma in education and received a scholarship to study in the U.K. In 1989 he enrolled at the University of Wales, the College of Swansea and received his Bsc, econ Honours in 1992. He taught in different high schools in Clermont and also served in the local municipality as a project manager in the housing department. He has also served as a general manager in the Office of the Premier (kwaZuluNatal). A father of four, he lives in St Wendolins.