Barolong SEBONI

Barolong SEBONI
2003 Resident
  • Africa
  • Southern Africa
  • Botswana
English

Barolong SEBONI ( poet, columnist; Botswana, b. 1957) attended secondary school in London and was a poet-in-residence at the Scottish Poetry Library. Upon returning to Botswana, he co-founded the Writers' Association of Botswana and is now a senior lecturer and director of the writers' workshop at the University of Botswana. Besides having his poetry published in various journals and newspapers, Mr. Seboni's satirical weekly newspaper column "In the Nitty Gritty" and his scripts for the radio soap opera on HIV/AIDS ("Makgabaneng") also enjoy widespread popularity. He is participating courtesy of the U.S. State Department.

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Happening Now

  • We regret the passing, on April 11, 2024, of the distinguished Romanian author and critic Dan Cristea, who served as the editor in chief of the Luceafărul de Dimineață cultural monthly. In addition to being an alum of the 1985 Fall Residency, Cristea received his PhD in Comparative Literature at the University of Iowa.

  • Our congratulations to 1986 Fall Residency writer Kwame Dawes, who has been named the new poet laureate of Jamaica.

  • Congratulations to our colleagues Jennifer Croft and Aron Aji, who are among those serving as judges for the National Book Awards this year, in their case in the category of translated literature.

  • Ranjit Hoskote’s speech at the 2024 Goa Literary Festival addresses the current situation in Gaza.

  • In NY Times, Bina Shah worries about the state of Pakistani—and American—democracy.

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