Ontaard by Pieter Madibuseng Odendaal

Ontaard is Odendaal's debut spoken word album, based on his poetry collection of the same name. The album explores themes of identity, climate anxiety and our relationship to the more-than-human-world

Pieter Madibuseng Odendaal is a poet, playwright, translator, and musician. His debut poetry collection, asof geen berge ooit hier gewoon het nie (Tafelberg), won the 2019 Ingrid Jonker Prize. In 2024, his second collection, Ontaard, received the Eugène Marais Prize and the NIHSS Award for Poetry. Odendaal was also named one of the Mail & Guardian’s 200 Young South Africans in 2024.