Author: Mahlatse P. Mokgope

What do you do with a void the size of an absent father? In her debut collection of poems, Rootbound, Manthipe Moila confronts abandonment in a potently truthful way. Rootbound is published by uHlanga Press. The poet is from Johannesburg but is now based in Seoul, South Korea. She holds a BA Honours in English Literature from Rhodes University. Mahlatse Mokgope chatted with the poet about the release of her collection Mahlatse: Lucille Clifton said that “poetry is a way of trying to express something that is very difficult to express, and it’s a way of trying to come to peace…