Xhosa literature

Xhosa literature is the spoken and written literature of the Xhosa people of Southern Africa. The Xhosa language is spoken in South Africa and Zimbabwe.

20th-century literature

Poet and teacher St John Page Yako wrote poetry using motifs derived from oral literature to describe the consequences of disastrous land politics of mid-century South Africa.^[1]

Notable poets

• Sipho Burns-Ncamashe
• William Wellington Gqoba
• Samuel Edward Krune Mqhayi
• Enoch Sontonga
• St John Page Yako