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Angel heart
(University of the Western Cape, 2019) Moolman, Kobus
Short story by Kobus Moolman.
Bab’aba - Ugly short stories
(University of the Western Cape, 2018) Nxadi, Julie Ruth Sikelwa; Moolman, Kobus
Bab’aba - Ugly Short Stories is a collection of vignettes whose function is to colour and collage three portraits of Black women characters; namely, a rural woman (Nozikhali), a township teenager (Zola), and a child/baby (Loli). Each of these stories serve as details in each other’s portraits whilst remaining stories on their own. My intention with this collection was to restore some form of abstract equality and right to mystery by functioning within a lexicon of opacity. In the scholarship of decoloniality this is my argument for the legitimacy of vernacular/customised definitions for problems that preoccupy communities/individuals rather than having to always pin ourselves to already existing theory in order to be legible. In the scholarship of opacity, this is a contribution to the argument against the necessity for legibility/transparency (in the first place) in exchange for dignity. I chose ugliness as my thematic district of departure because of its connoted potential to provide richer explorations into notions of marginality and an emancipatory praxis that cannot afford to have in its makeup the potential to seek to eliminate. And though such a liberatory ambition is hard to fantasize about against the backdrop of popular chauvinism in the contemporary landscape of - particularly - South Africa, and the visceral effects thereof and the swift justice needed to attend thereto, I do think that there is merit in hallucinating some sort of doctrine of humanity that ends in dignity for all.
Drawing the dark
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2022) Moolman, Kobus
Day and night, night after night, deep in his prayer, he deliberated whether it was possible to draw the dark without ever looking at it.He had his head in his hands.His hands covered his eyes. His breath caught onwords that tasted like ash.Day and night, night after night,he dragged his slow feet across the frozen lake of memory. It was dark always there beneath that bright layer of appearances; a darkness he trusted, the way a child trusts his mother to recognise him in the rush after the bell.
Extracts from a dispensable life
(University of the Western Cape, 2019) Moolman, Kobus
Faded mountain
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2022) Moolman, Kobus
A faded mountain at the edge of a threadbare field.Smoke and dust trudging the last rungs of asky.And now a narrow dirt road that twists betweensnatches of shivering trees and snatches of shadow.Then a gasping river,and cattle and goats and children running across an empty yard,yelling into the wind.
Faded mountain
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2022) Moolman, Kobus
A faded mountain at the edge of a threadbare field. Smoke and dust trudging the last rungs of a sky. And now a narrow dirt road that twists between snatches of shivering trees and snatches of shadow. Then a gasping river, and cattle and goats and children running across an empty yard, yelling into the wind.
In-between: a collection of poems of loss and memory
(University of the Western Cape, 2022) Williams, Justin; Moolman, Kobus
My mini-thesis in Creative Writing aims to explore memory and childhood through the lens of spatial and temporal consciousness. The vehicle for navigating these memories, whether individual or collective, real or surreal, is a collection of original poems based in and around the Cape Flats. Childhood specifically is the central theme of these poems, as it provides the basis for all the related memories in the collection. To me memory is like a map, dotted by landmarks in time. I will explore these landmarks in the poems to discover if there are patterns in the way that memories are made and stored. I will also explore changes in the physical environment – be these ecological or to do with human development – and how these changes intersect with memory. My aim in the collection is to channel the voice of a central character – a young boy – who is trying to find his place against the backdrop of the Cape Flats setting, while contending with all its challenges. My creative writing mini-thesis will also be accompanied by a reflexive essay that discusses the concepts of memory and spatial and temporal awareness and how these are manifest within my collection of poems.
Kingsbury Hospital � ICU
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2022) Moolman, Kobus
into the night the hospital sails noisy as an aircraft * and just as miraculous * somewhere beyond is a world bigger than this shining needle point but no window may be opened lest the weight of everything outside overwhelm * the inside of here now is all the inside left of me all open at the back like a gown and dragging drips and drains
Like father, like son
(University of the Western Cape, 2019) Moolman, Kobus
Post–exilic an old South African returns to the new South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2020) Devereux, Stephen; Moolman, Kobus
This portfolio of poems, prose poems and short fiction pieces is quasi-autobiographical and tracks the trajectory of my life, from childhood in Cape Town (‘pre-exilic’) to emigration abroad (‘exilic’) and return to Cape Town in late middle age (‘post-exilic’). Themes explored include the deceptive nature of memory and the risk of imbuing a childhood recollected in later life with affective or narrative nostalgia; the psychologically dislocating nature of exile on personal identity and notions of home; and Cape Town as both an imaginary construct and a multi-layered reality: specifically, ‘my’ Cape Town – now as well as half a century ago – and ‘other’ Cape Towns, reflecting a diversity of highly unequal experiences within this city. The dominant mode of expression chosen to explore these largely personal themes is confessional.
The price of liberty: A collection of poems and prose that explore the interplay between freedom and sacrifice
(University of Western cape, 2020) Schmidt, David; Moolman, Kobus
The Price of Liberty: A collection of poems and prose that explores the interplay between freedom and sacrifice. David Schmidt This mini-thesis explores the interplay between concepts of freedom and sacrifice. It comprises a collection of 28 original poems as well as a reflective essay that explores some of the themes that emerge through the creative work. The premise of the collection is the notion that freedom is necessarily ambiguous and inevitably involves some countervailing sacrifice or loss. The act of exercising freedom in an oppressive context by transgressing prescribed norms, for example, has its countervailing consequences of shame, humiliation or punishment. Struggles for political freedom similarly involve many forms of sacrifice. The attainment of political or social freedom conversely comes with its own losses – loss of meaning, certainty, innocence, solidarity or even integrity. Relationship itself always involve a tension between obligation and agency – freedom is constrained by values.
Re-imagining the Writing Workshop: The Creation of Multilingual, Collaborative Poetry
(University of the Werstern Cape, 2019) Moolman, Kobus; Mpuma, Nondwe; Julie, Lisa
�This string picture reminds me of a children�s game, called Cat�s Cradle, which you play with pieces of coloured string held between your fingers, and which you use to make different patterns by moving your fingers together in different ways. This string game reminds me of how language is used in multilingual situations, when seen from a multilingual perspective. When multilingualism is seen from a monolingual perspective, people see different languages, but when we see multilingualism from a multilingual perspective, we see all our languages as somehow connected. So, it works like this string game, they�re always connected, so the elements don�t change, the string is always attached to the ten fingers, but we, by moving the fingers, change the shape. So, by using a particular language of our repertoire, or a particular form of language in our repertoire in a particular situation, our multilingualism takes on different shapes�. Professor Lynn Mario T. Menezes de Souza at the opening of the Re-imagining Multlingualisms exhibition, in the UWC Library Atrium, 6 June 2018.
The rooms we build: poems of place and memory
(University of the Western Cape, 2022) Dyer, Caitlin; Moolman, Kobus
The rooms we build is my Master’s thesis in creative writing. My thesis consists of two parts. The first part is a semi-autobiographical collection of poems, prose poems and short fiction pieces entitled “Letters to ourselves”. The second part is a reflexive essay entitled “The rooms we build”, that briefly examines mental health, memory and place as forms of connection and disconnection, with specific reference to my creative component. In my creative component, “Letters to ourselves”, I use an epistolary form to express the breakdown of human relationships as a result of a lack of communication. The idea and process of letter writing, seen through the form of this collection, is intended to analyse the effects of catharsis on grief, loss of communication and mental health. A deconstruction of relationships through memory and loss becomes the main focal point. Overall, this collection seeks to understand the human condition and how catharsis found in letter writing can be a way of expressing memory.
The Sound of the Unseen
(University of the Western Cape, 2021) Horwitz, Samantha H.; Moolman, Kobus
This work of fiction explores the themes of relational dynamics, oppression, intergenerational trauma, and the healing and self-actualisation that can be obtained by helping others. It incorporates numerous historical references that tie in to the characters’ stories or otherwise enhance the narrative. The main thread running throughout the entire work is music. Music as cultural signifier, cultural anchor and identifier, and particularly, musical terminology as chapter titles because of how perfectly such terms capture mood, direction, or intent for each chapter. It is crucial to note that while all the characters in the stories that follow are fictitious, the historical events and places are represented as accurately as possible according to extensive research. One historical figure, Tomás de Torquemada, is fictionalized herein, but his role is accurately representative of the role he played historically. Other historical figures, Johann Sebastian Bach and Joseph Beer, have been fictionalized in relation to characters in the story, yet their depictions as musicians are accurate. And Anna is based on an historical figure from the Polish Jewish Resistance; however, her relational story is fictionalised.
The floating bowl: a collection of poems and images
(University of the Western Cape, 2024) Glenday, Katherine; Moolman, Kobus
I have been a ceramic artist for the past forty years. I have found that working with porcelain has developed an attunement to sound and a sense of the quiet potentiality of the vessel form. The overarching image of a translucent and ringing bowl has served as an aesthetic horizon of sorts as I have begun to navigate the world of poetry. While I studied English, my post academic life led to less and less writing. I embarked on this Master’s programme to revive my verbal practice in poetry. My years of visual creativity have instantiated an aesthetic maturation. Shifts in perception necessitated changes in the formal aspects of my work, while thematic concerns remained constant. My poems follow musings regarding these factors, whilst also dealing with aspects of ancestry, culture, and nature in contemporary life. I also look at generational psychological and cognitive patterns which have influenced my way of expressing myself creatively. Strong poetic and artistic voices from my youth have formed a template or resonance. Their power over many of my own perceptual shifts has not waned. Searching through lenses of perception has been pervasive.
The swimming lesson
(University of the Western Cape, 2019) Moolman, Kobus
Townships, shacks and suburbs: An original collection of poems
(University of the Western Cape, 2018) Khanyile, Musawenkosi Christopher; Moolman, Kobus
My creative writing full master’s thesis, entitled Townships, Shacks and Suburbs, is a collection of poems that explores the role played by place in shaping identity. Poems in this collection seek to examine the interplay between identity and place, particularly the influence that environmental settings or contexts have in shaping how individuals define who they are. The theme of place is divided into three environmental contexts, namely the township, the rural context and the urban context. The poet navigates between these three environmental contexts, observing how each influences the way people define who they are and also how they identify with that particular environmental context. This definition of self, which forms part of identity, encompasses the day-to-day life, emotions, struggles, memories and a variety of other aspects that are linked to place and are inherent in identity-formation. The observation of how identity is shaped by place includes the poet and extends to people around him. This collection of poems can be viewed as a man’s attempt at finding out who he is, by exploring the history of his life, as well as reflecting on the intricacies of growing up or being exposed to a variety of environmental settings. It can also be viewed as an attempt at learning who people around him are and how their identities are shaped by the place(s) they live in.

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