The paper sought to make an analysis of Ndebele sonnets by Simon J. Nondo and Joseph N.T. Dupute. Before a detailed study of the sonnets is made, a discussion of the nature of poetry and the various poetic genres is done. This discussion is intended to show the place of sonnets within the wider field of poetry. Fourteen sonnets are analysed in respect of their form, themes and language. Of these six were written by Nondo and eight by Dupute. The analysis revealed that African writers have borrowed the sonnet forms from the western world. The Petrarchan, Spenserian, Shakespearean and Miltonic rhyme schemes might not have been possibly used in the Ndebele sonnets studied but alliterative concords and stylistic devices are used in the sonnets to enrich the sonnets and create a unique style.