Wopko Jensma
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. 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. 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 entitled "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. (Contains a number of further external links)