Poet Interview: Sihle Ntuli

"Return to the beginning"

In this monthly interview with an uHlanga poet, uHlanga poet and author of Milk Fever, Megan Natasha Ross, finds out more about the genesis and revelations of Sihle Ntuli’s third collection, Owele.

“With the traditional understanding of ancient civilisations being a study of Greece and Rome, I would put it plainly that there is none of that in Owele – but there are ancient civilisations present in the pan-African and Zulu contexts. One of my mentors at Rhodes, Mr Mike Lambert, was one of the most impressive classicists I had ever come across; he understood the need for the Classics to be adaptable to its geographical context. So if the Classics are indeed present then they are there organically.”

Read the full interview.