Xaba, Makhosazana

Makhosazana Xaba is a former writing fellow at the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (wiser) and is currently a writing fellow at the Wits School of Public Health. She is the author of two poetry collections: these hands (2005) and Tongues of their Mothers (2008). Her forthcoming debut collection of short fiction, Running and other stories, will be published by Modjadji Books. She is the winner of the 2005 Deon Hofmeyr Award for Creative Writing and holds an MA in Writing from the University of the Witwatersrand.