Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Obituary: Willie Kgositsile

It is very sad to lose a colleague and loved one like Willie. 

Humans are powerless in the cold hand of death. 

May the family be comforted and the soul of the departed rests with the Ancestors. 

Segun Ogungbemi. 

Sent from my iPhone 

On Jan 3, 2018, at 9:15 PM, Toyin Falola <toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu> wrote:

 

From: Kassahun Checole <kchecole@awprsp.com>
Date: Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at 1:06 PM

Subject: Willie Kgositsile

 

Dear friends:

 

I am sorry to share the sad news that our comrade and  friend and one of South Africa's great poets, Willie Kgositsile,  passed away last night.  When I was in Pretoria and Johannesburg for most of December, I could not see him because he was not feeling well.  He kept calling me,  promising that we will meet soon.  I suppose it was not meant to be.   

 

I had known him for over 40 years in all the artistic and political struggles in Chicago, New York,London and post-Apartheid South Africa.  He will be sorely missed.

 

His book of poetry was published by TWP.

 

Kassahun Checole, Publisher

Africa World Press, Inc. &

The Red Sea Press, Inc.

541 W. Ingham Avenue, Suite B

Trenton, NJ 08638

609-695-3200

609-695-6466 (Fax)

kchecole@awprsp.com

www.africaworldpressbooks.com

facebook.com/africaworldpress

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