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This is an anthology of plays, stories and poems written by high school students in Letaba, Limpopo, South Africa.

Jackey Mukhawana was the driving force, encouraging the others to contribute their writing.

Bekazi Mboweni who was in grade 9, was persuaded to submit her poem on Electricity.

Eustacia Nhlangweni and Alter Mathebula were a little older and submitted quite a few short stories and poems. We had the book printed in South Africa and Jackey arranged to have some copies placed on consignment on a bookstore.

Lukas Groenewald, the former Editor of the Letaba Herald, welcomed three of the contributors to An Anthology out of South Africa to his office and actually bought a copy of the book from each of them. Lukas very kindly permitted us to ship the books to his office. When the books arrived, he invited the authors to his newspaper office, had them interviewed by a reporter and put their photo in the paper along with a very supportive article. Needless to say, the authors were delighted. 

The administration staff members at Hudson Ntsan'wisi Senior Secondary School in Tzaneen lauded the authors at a student meeting

Later Jackey thanked me for making him "A legend in his own time". Of course, he did it all; I just helped. 

This book reports on the work of twenty-four aspiring writers living in South Africa who have enjoyed free editing and publishing services provided by me.

The writers are mostly young people although some are mature adults. Each author is introduced, and examples of the writing are included. A photo of each author and a brief biography are shown in the web pages under AUTHORS.

The purpose of the book is to provide a souvenir of the experience for the participants.
This book is dedicated to those who have submitted their writing to me with the courage to have it published.