Laughing In My Father’s Voice

A collection of poems by Xabiso Vili. Xabiso is a performer, writer, social activist and soul collaborator. His writings explore his inner world to relate to the outer world. He is the champion of multiple slams and poet of the year 2014/2015. Xabiso has been published in various anthologies and online. He has performed all over South Africa, in Scotland, UK, the U.S. and India. He strongly believes that art influences his community positively an is constantly working towards creating alternative stages for art to be shared. Xabiso also runs writing, performance and event organizing workshops through Scribe Rites a performance writing collective he co-founded that has produced other award-winning writers and performers. He released his album, “Eating My Skin”, created with Favela Ninjas. His one-man show Black Boi Be has travelled extensively to critical acclaim. Laughing in My Fathers Voice is his first collection of poems.