Her poem I’ve Come to Take You Home was written into French law. It deals with the repatriation of the remains of Sarah Baartman.
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Deep South, a small publisher with big influence, has expanded its website with easy-to-access information about its poets and their work.
The celebrated South African writer and poet Breyten Breytenbach has died at 85. He used his art to fight for justice for marginalised people throughout his life.
Despite being detained by the apartheid government and his work being banned, Matthews never stopped writing truth to power and was celebrated around the world.
Former president Jacob Zuma’s MK Party borrows the slogan “mayibuye” from the liberation party to make a point about the ruling African National Congress.
Wrapped in Rhythm powerfully uses the poems of Lebo Mashile as lyrics.
A true African poet, Don Mattera was at the centre of public life, an advocate for change and an enemy of elitism.
For her, art was a weapon in the struggle and a tool for education. She used every opportunity to build movements and to archive experiences in writing.
That none of his collections were published in apartheid South Africa testifies to the police state’s censorship.
A study of the late Keorapetse Kgositsile shows how the poet influenced black American culture. It also shows how his mother and his grandmother’s oral traditions in turn influenced him.
A consideration of Cuban poet Nancy Morejón’s engagement with Keorapetse Kgositsile and her visits to South Africa – shed new light on her poetic practice.
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Senior Lecturer, South African College of Music, University of Cape Town
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Post-doctoral researcher, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Research Associate at Centre Marc Bloch, Humboldt University of Berlin, Humboldt University of Berlin
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Lecturer, Stellenbosch University
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Associate Professor, Department of Literary Studies in English, Rhodes University
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Poet and lecturer in Creative Writing, University of the Witwatersrand
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Professor of Literature, University of Pretoria
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Researcher and Gender Equity Officer, University of the Western Cape
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Emeritus Professor of Literature and Literary Theory, Department of Afrikaans, University of Pretoria
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Professor and Head of the Department of Afrikaans, University of Pretoria
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Assistant Professor, Harvard University
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Associate Professor and Head of the Department of English Literary Studies, University of Cape Town