SIGNED!! `SOUNDS OF A COWHIDE DRUM` BY OSWALD JOSEPH MTSHALI, WOODCUT BY WOPKO JENSMA

SIGNED!! "SOUNDS OF A COWHIDE DRUM" BY OSWALD JOSEPH MTSHALI. WOODCUT BY WOPKO JENSMA ON FRONT COVER. SOFTCOVER, 1971, RENOSTER PRESS, 68 PAGES, INTERNAL CONTENTS ARE CLEAN, HOWER DISCOLOURATION EVIDENT ON FRONT COVER. IN GOOD OVERALL CONDITION.

Dr Mbuyiseni Oswald Mtshali has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Southern Africa English Academy Poetry Award in 1971, the London Poetry International Award in 1973 and the South African Lifetime Achievement Literary Award (SALA) from the Department of Arts and Culture in 2007. He taught at the New York City College of Technology and is founder and deputy headmaster of Pace Community College in Jabulani, Soweto. Having worked in the United States for many years, Mtshali returned to South Africa and now lives in Soweto.