Isabella Motadinyane (1963 – 2003) was a South African poet, performance poet and actor. She was born in Soweto and was a founding member of the Botsotso Jesters poetry group, and was on the editorial board of Botsotso Publishing, both named after a line from one of her poems "die is mos bosotsos". She wrote and performed in a number of languages, including English, Sotho, Camtho and Afrikaans. Works We Jive Like This, Botsotso Publishing, 1996 Dirty Washing, Botsotso Publishing, 1999 Bella (Collected Works), 2007 References South African women poets 1963 births 2003 deaths 20th-century poets 20th-century women writers