Slam poet Farouk Asvat is the author of the acclaimed collections A Celebration of Flames (Ad. Donker, 1987) and The Time of Our Lives (Black Thoughts, 1982). Matsuli Music presents a video interview with Asvat, as well as a feature on a number of his collections:
“Physician and poet extraordinaire, Farouk Asvat made South Africa proud when his poetry that reflects deeply on the history of South Africa received critical acclaim throughout the world.
“Asvat is the author of the prize-winning collection of poetry A Celebration of Flames and of The Time Of Our Lives, for which he won the Vita Literary Award. He was nominated as an Amnesty International “Prisoner of Conscience” in the 1970s, and was also selected to represent South Africa in the 1980 “International Portland Review” of poetry.
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