- Casey Motsisi
Karobo Moses Motsisi (b. 1932 d. 1977) better known as Casey Motsisi or Casey 'Kid' Motsisi was a
South Africa nshort story writer andjournalist .He was born in
Johannesburg and worked for a time inPretoria as a teacher.Motsisi worked for "Drum" magazine as a journalist until 1962 and then left to work for "The World" returning to "Drum" in 1974
He wrote the regular "Bugs" column which was humorous and satirical and featured discussions and conversations between two bed bugs.
Motsisi also wrote the "On the Beat" column.
His style borrowed heavily from that of
Damon Runyon featuring "Americanese" andTsotsitaal (local township slang). The stories he wrote were based on his extensive knowledge of theSophiatown shebeen culture, depicting a variety of township types such as Aunt Peggy, the shebeen queen, and a variety of rogues such as 'Kid Playboy' and 'Kid Hangover'.He also contributed to "The Classic", a journal edited by a fellow Drum journalist
Nat Nakasa .The "Drum decade" [cite book |author=edited by Michael Chapman |title=The Drum decade: stories from the 1950s |publisher=University of Natal Press |location=Scottsville |year=2001 |pages= |isbn=0-86-980985-7 |oclc= |doi=] contains a number of articles by Motsisi e.g.
* If Bugs Were Men
* Johburg Jailbugs
* On the Beat [Kid Hangover]
* On the Beat [Kid Playboy]
* On the Beat [Kid Newspapers]Books
* "Casey & Co : selected writings of Casey "Kid" Motsisi", edited by Mothobi Mutloatse, Ravan Press, 1978, ISBN 0-86-975088-7
ee also
*
List of South African writers * "Good-looking Corpse: World of Drum - Jazz and Gangsters, Hope and Defiance in the Townships of South Africa", Mike Nicol, Secker & Warburg, 1991, ISBN 0-43-630986-6
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