INTRODUCTION

Commemorative events have swung into gear as South African writer and cultural activist, Flaxman Qoopane clocks 60 this year. A series of special articles and essays are being written about him, with a book scheduled to be published in this wise...

Flaxman Qoopane is a poet, writer and journalist residing in the Free State, South Africa. He was born in July 1955 and spent more than ten years in voluntary exile during Apartheid. Since his return to South Africa he has mainly worked as a journalist contributing hundreds of articles and features for newspapers and magazines like Realtime, Next, Bona, Daily Sun, Hola, Free State News, and Seipone. He is one of the most visible of the Free State writers, also owning his own publishing house, Qoopane Literary Services. He is also the founder and curator of Qoopane Literary Gallery.