HUNGER

50pp., paperback, TNG Publishing, Pietermaritzburg, 2025 

ISBN: 9780796155252

A collection of poetry that expresses the poets self-aware, rebellious, often nihilistic and despairing response to the harsh realities experienced by young black people in South Africa – poverty, crime, addictions, ill-health, spiritual contradictions and failed relationships.

Teamhw SbonguJesu was born in 1996 in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal. He has an LLB degree from the University of KwaZulu-Natal and an MA Creative Writing from Rhodes University. He is the author of the poetry collections Bury Me Naked and Slave.