Imagined: A Long Poem

By Sithembele Isaac Xhegwana

"To contextualise Xhegwana within contemporary South African poetry is to note his deliberate divergence from the more immediately accessible, o en performative, and politically galvanised verse that characterises much of the contemporary landscape. While the themes of IMAGINED: land, poverty, the legacy of colonialism, and the ongoing trauma of inequality; are quintessentially South African, Xhegwana's formal approach eschews simple realist depiction for a denser, intertextual, and self-consciously edified mode. He seems to inherit the epic scope of earlier poets like Mazisi Kunene or the demanding intellectual he of a Mafika Gwala, but refracts it through a raw lens of deeply personal ideation." - Aryan Kaganof

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1779322550
• ISBN13: 9781779322555
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Mwanaka Media and Publishing
• Length: 62 Pages
• Weight: 0.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.0" x 8.0"