Sithembiso Maxwell Kos, a South African poet, was born on the 4th of May 1984 in Mdantsane, a township located in East London in the Eastern Cape Province. He started his primary education in Fort Murray, a rural place in Eastern Cape, and finished his primary learning in Bisho, a small town located near King Williams Town. He started his high school education at Forbes Grant High School in Ginsberg Township and was shortly transferred to IQonce High. Both high schools are situated in King Williams Town. In 1998 he moved to Port Elizabeth where he finished his high school education, at KwaMagxaki High. In 2002 he moved to Cape Town in the Western Cape Province to start his tertiary education at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), prominently known as 'Bush'. He enrolled for a BA degree specializing in the studies of English & journalism. His current home is in King Williams Town (Ginsberg Township), where his family stays. He has two brothers, one sister, a father and, a person that he sincerely adores, his mother. He has written many poems in his lifetime and is still writing poetry very sincerely. He's also deeply fanatical to article/journalistic writing, short story writing, piano playing, song composing and socialism. His favorite poets, who immensely inspired his poetry, are William Wordsworth and William Blake. His email address is: sithembiso_kos@yahoo.co.uk
His motto : "Life alone is not enough, we need things to live it as well."
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