Times of Fears and Tears: Ghetto Narratives by Enock Shishenge

ISBN : 9780620929356

Ndzhaka Publishers, 2021

material, 92 pages 

"In 'LOCKDOWN' we get to understand that all we need to read is 'My Gospel Scriptures' and 'Times of Fears and Tears' to appreciate poetry in totality. You don't read one of these books and not  read the other two."- Tshifhiwa Given Mukwevho,Award Winnnig Writer and Publisher.

"I bear witness that these poems are not censored. I can confirm without doubt, that these pages and their scars are pure analyses of the ghetto township which has turned to be the land of Fears and Tears. 'Times of Fears and Tears' are verses beautifully crafted by the man who doesn't earn fame nor gold from the puppet master,."-Kingzwai,Author of In My Stolen Yard 

Enock Shishenge is a hustler cum street poet who found himself as a teacher, something I think is very compatible with his literary life. Enock sticks with what he knows - his ghetto. Even when he brings his communist ideologies, he still manages to juxtapose that with the ghetto. His simplicity allows his poetry to fly without being there to articulate its meaning ; he is a ghetto poet. His poetry has achieved what many claim to have achieved but failed.He is the voice of a specific group, the marginalised.- Keketso Mashigo, Author of Sofina Is Not The End.

Enock Shishenge is a soul poet, and a wordsmith who paints words with pure truth and passion. He represents a decolonial movement through his poetry. It is time for his " STARDOM."-Anthea Thyseen, Author and Founder of FAMtv Network