South African poet and artist

Wopko Pieter Jensa (born 26 July 1939 in Ventersdorp, South Africa), is a South African poet and artist. Jensma published three collections of poetry before his disappearance in 1993.

Contents

• 1 Background
• 2 Disappearance
• 3 See also
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Background

Jensma's art is ethnic, based on a theme unique to himself, lino-printed images of animals drawn as characteristics of people. His poetry was characterized as having a jazzlike feel to it; he described his words as his jazz instrument and his expression being his rhythm.

• Sing for our Execution (1973)
• Where White is the Colour/Where Black is the Number (1974)
• I Must Show you my Clippings (1977)

A selection of Jensma's poems appeared, with a brief biography, in the anthology Ten South African Poets edited and introduced by Adam Schwartzman (Manchester: Carcanet Press, 1999). There is an online appreciation of Jensma's poetry and art works, with quotations and some biographical details, by Tony McGregor en*led I write you from afar: Wopko Jensma, enigmatic poet of Africa.

Disappearance

Jensma disappeared from Johannesburg without a trace in August 1993, and has not been seen since. No information of what became of him is known.

See also

• List of people who disappeared

References

External links

• Art archives Wopko Jensma

(Contains a number of further external links)