One of the most famous Black Consciousness writers is Mongane Wally Serote. Serote was born in 1944 in Sophiatown, Johannesburg, and went to school in Alexandra, Lesotho, and Soweto. He became involved in the Black Consciousness Movement when finishing high school in Soweto. His presence there linked him to a group known as the ‘township’ or ‘Soweto’ poets. In June 1969 he was arrested by the Apartheid Government under the Terrorism Act and spent nine months in solitary confinement, before being released without charge. His poems often express themes of political activism and black identity, and contain images of revolt and resistance.