Xhosa literature is the spoken and written literature of the Xhosa people of Southern Africa. The Xhosa language is spoken in South Africa and Zimbabwe. 20th-century literature Poet and teacher St John Page Yako wrote poetry using motifs derived from oral literature to describe the consequences of disastrous land politics of mid-century South Africa. Notable poets Sipho Burns-Ncamashe William Wellington Gqoba Samuel Edward Krune Mqhayi Enoch Sontonga St John Page Yako References Literature by ethnicity Xhosa Literature