Sabelo Soko

Sabelo Soko is a Joburg based writer, performer and creative entrepreneur from Mkhondo, in Mpumalanga. His work has been published by Geko Publishing, Times Media, as well as Panorama Publishers. In 2017 Soko released a poetry album titled Umkhondo, under the multimedia company SabzHero Creations. Umkhondo follows his 2014 spoken word project, an EP titled 2380. He has collaborated with Kiri Pink Knob Arts on numerous theatre productions including the staging of Umkhondo as a solo performance. In 2013 and 2014 he structured and facilitated the Hip Hop Meets Literature workshop for the Jozi Book Fair. Currently, with CSP Presentations, Soko facilitates poetry writing and performance workshops throughout the country. He is the founding member of WordUP Sessions, a live performance platform with a focus on poetry and organic music, and co-founder of the Mpumalanga Poetry Slam League. Sabelo Soko is passionate about the art of telling stories and even more so with the skill of preserving them.