| Intro | South African poet |
| Was | Poet |
| From | South Africa |
| Type | Literature |
| Gender | female |
| Birth | 1 January 1963 |
| Death |
1 January 2003 (aged 40 years) |
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