Tom Penfold is Senior Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He was awarded his PhD by the University of Birmingham, UK, in 2013. He has published widely on contemporary South African poetry and fiction. His current work compares literature in Brazil and South Africa.

• Acknowledgements.- List of Abbreviations.- Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The History of Black Consciousness.- Chapter 3. Literary Journals and the Direction of the Nation.- Chapter 4. Black Consciousness and the Soweto Poets.- Chapter 5. Theatrical Performance in the 1980s.- Chapter 6. The Poets of No Sure Place.- Chapter 7. Continuing Imaginings.- Bibliography.- Index.-

Tom Penfold is Senior Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He was awarded his PhD by the University of Birmingham, UK, in 2013. He has published widely on contemporary South African poetry and fiction. His current work compares literature in Brazil and South Africa.

• Acknowledgements.- List of Abbreviations.- Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The History of Black Consciousness.- Chapter 3. Literary Journals and the Direction of the Nation.- Chapter 4. Black Consciousness and the Soweto Poets.- Chapter 5. Theatrical Performance in the 1980s.- Chapter 6. The Poets of No Sure Place.- Chapter 7. Continuing Imaginings.- Bibliography.- Index.-

Tom Penfold is Senior Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He was awarded his PhD by the University of Birmingham, UK, in 2013. He has published widely on contemporary South African poetry and fiction. His current work compares literature in Brazil and South Africa.

• Acknowledgements.- List of Abbreviations.- Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The History of Black Consciousness.- Chapter 3. Literary Journals and the Direction of the Nation.- Chapter 4. Black Consciousness and the Soweto Poets.- Chapter 5. Theatrical Performance in the 1980s.- Chapter 6. The Poets of No Sure Place.- Chapter 7. Continuing Imaginings.- Bibliography.- Index.-