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FREDDY NYEZI
Was born and raised in the City of Cape Town. He is an aspiring performance-maker and multidisciplinary artist who expresses his creativity through poetry, acting and dancing. First introduced to drama by Assitej SA in his primary school years, he has fallen in love with the craft since. Blooming his dance career at a later time than the norm, Freddy has competed in both regional competitions as well as on a national scale and received a noteworthy number of medals. He has appeared in RIky Rick’s Sidlukotini music video, been a backup dancer for singer Rowlene Bosman and performed at the Artscape and Magnet Theatre, among others. He is currently pursuing a BA Theatre and Performance degree, specialising in Theatre-making, at the University of Cape Town.
“Every day it gets a little easier… But you gotta do it every day — that's the hard part. But it does get easier.”
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Enough
Written by Qhamani Diphoko Enough Just enough of you Just enough of me Just enough for all to see I am whole And so to let me be Cups of...
The 8th Hour: Part Three
Written by: Oratile Ndimande With special thanks to Freddy Nyezi for editing A few minutes past eight o’ clock on the morning of the...
The Summer of ’19
This is a poem about what it felt like when summer days were boundless.
I think the churches are burning.
The poem meditates upon the purpose of an unnamed god; it also questions the morality of religious followers and religion itself.
(Your) Love’s Been Good to Me
(Your) Love's Been Good to Me is an ode of appreciation from a lover to their beloved.
The Final Countdown
Written by: Freddy Nyezi It’s New Year’s Eve. I should be getting recklessly drunk with my family and friends and celebrating an ending....
Smoke
Written by: Cody Collins Breathe in, breathe out like smoke I fold and I bend I fly and I flow, and do not need an end Inhale slowly,...
BEAUTIFULLY DISPLACED
Beautifully Displaced is a short poem about feeling insecure after being betrayed by a lover.
HE WHO HAD EYES OF PEARLS
The poem explores the complications of the concept of love and how complex it is at times.
it was never me
Written By: Cody Collins i fell inlove again, and my shadow became the problem i was always to touchy always to committed to vibrant, to...
The First Supper
Written by: Freddy Nyezi My skin is coarse. You trace your fingers over my fissures, glaze your hands over the dents and the bumps....
To My Lovely Light
This poem is another adaptation of my contributions to Melisa Peter’s “Pins and Needles” - from which “Boiling Point” is inspired. These war
Chasing tomorrow
It's a short story of how it is time to finally chase our dreams, desires, passions, or love. Whatever our tomorrow means!
A Thousand Deaths to Happiness
"I had been searching for stillness in a turbulent world but really, I was my own sanctuary. Holy. Sacred"
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