Thabo Mooke

A Home For Lovers of African Stories

My name is Thabo Mooke. I write African stories. I also collaborate with other African writers. If that is your cup of tea, please read on.

INTRODUCTION

What This Site Is About

This site is my blog. It is a place where my fans and collaborators can find all (relevant) things Thabo Mooke. Here you will be able to find out I am currently working on. What I have worked on. Even read some of it; if you go to Reads. You will get all manner of updates, articles and insights. I hope through this site to share my passion for the written word, especially where it touches Africans and am hoping, through this blog, to take you along with me.

A Further Introduction

About Me

Thabo Mooke was born in South Africa in 1950. He was a reporter for both print and TV and has been publishing a community newspaper in Pretoria and coaching aspirant journalists since 2003.

In 1977, he published his poems, including, ‘The thought of dying’ and ‘You Have No Shame’ in the literary magazine, Staff Rider, which was banned by the authorities in 1979. In 2014, he published his two poems, ‘In the Mirror’ and Africa Day, what’s in this shit’, in the free international literary and arts magazine, The Blotter. He also contributed to the online literary magazine, www.cosmofunel.com. His poem, ‘A Lullaby for Matshidiso’ won a prize in the AVBOB Literacy Project in 20218. He self-published his debut novel, The Sins of Parents, in 2018. In 2022, he published his short story, The Silent Girl, in the online South African anthology, Calabash Volume 4 2022/2023 https://online.fliphtml5.com/hquae/jyuo/.

His two short stories, Miss Daisy, and Sister Jones, A Journal: The Boy on the Bench in the Park, were published in the Kenyan-based Kissa Anthology of African Short Stories, in 2024

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In The Works

  • KISA: In Search of My Identity

    From Kenya to South Africa, this collection of stories and essays features writers from across the African continent. South African author, Thabo Mooke’s two short stories, Miss Daisy, and Sister June, The Journal: The Boy on the Bench in the Park, are also featured in this anthology, “KISA: In Search of My Identity.” The author’s…

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  • Kisa: Editing Completed

    KISA: Short Story Anthology The dreary winter season is upon us, and the unpredictable electricity black-outs wreaking havoc on our lives, as an author, it is uplifting to receive positive feedback from your publisher. The below message couldn’t have come at a better time.  Dear esteemed authors, We are thrilled to announce that the editing…

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