Thabo Jijana

Thabo Jijana, born in 1988, was the 2011 recipient of the Anthony Sampson Foundation Award and the 2014 winner of the Sol Plaatje/European Union Poetry Award. In 2014, he published his first book, Nobody’s Business, a memoir. Born and raised in eNgqushwa, Thabo currently lives in Port Elizabeth, where he works as a writer. In 2016 Thabo Jijana was awarded the Ingrid Jonker prize for his collection Failing Maths and my other crimes.