A Survey of African Poetry in the London Times, Sunday Times, Financial Times, the Times Literary Supplement 1865-1985

"African Honeymoon", The Sunday Times, 26 Mar 1972, p. 57[S]+ The Sunday Times Historical Archive,, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/FP1802532832/GDCS?u=linc74325&sid=GDCS&xid=55c215e0. Accessed 01 Jul 2019

Frank Norman writes an article regarding his trip to South Africa and how his preconceived notions of the country line up with the actuality. He discusses he and his wife's flight in, how he has been warned by friends to "trust no-one," and South African apartheid. At a cocktail party with friends, he meets Oswald Joseph Mtshali, the poet, of whom he says: "His poems are lyrical and powerfully composed. They are a cry of anguish for the plight of the black man in South Africa and are often devastatingly critical of the Vorstere regime. But it cannot be said that they are a call to arms, which is doubtless why publication has been permitted -- in order that the world can see how liberal the South African Government really is." "In the evening Nadine gave a cocktail party for us, so that we could meet some of the local literati, journalists and the like. Notable among the guests was Oswald Joseph Mtshali, a black African poet whose book, Sounds of a Cowhide, is a run away bestseller among both black and white readers."