"Night Rider" is a selection of 50 poems from Tatamkhulu Afrika's previous eight collections of verse. The selection was a collaborative effort to ensure that all facets of his poetry - the political, religious and lyrical - are represented. The selectors, all personal friends, were each at one time or another involved with his publications: Gus Ferguson, Isobel Dixon, Malcolm Hacksley, Shabbir Banoobhai and Robin Malan.