“…The struggle of black people inevitably appear in an intensely cultural form because the social formation in which their distinct political traditions are now manifest has constructed the arena of politics on ground overshadowed by centuries of metropolitan capitalist development, thereby denying them recognition as legitimate politics. Blacks conduct a class struggle in and through race. The BC of race and class cannot be empirically separated, the class character of black struggles is not a result of the fact that blacks are predominantly proletarian, thought this is true…”- (Frank Talk Staff Writers in ‘Azania Salutes Tosh’ – circa 1981)
front cover:
Tosh by Steve Gordon
back cover:
Kippie by Basil Breakey
The girl who then feared to sleep & other poems by Angifi Dladla (Deep South, 2001)
Call me between your tears and eyes; I'm the shadow, I won't drown. draw me between your pain and faith; I'm the shadow that leads. will me within your heart of hearts; I'm the energy that's divine. hug me with the arm of your heart; I'm reality, i am love... listen to the silence in silence -- the dream materializing"
Angifi Proctor Dladla is a history and language teacher in Katlehong. He founded the Akudlalwa Communal Theatre in Katlehong, and co-founded Bachaki Theatre Ensemble in Johannesburg. As a playwright he has written 'Mene Tekel', 'Mistress Magumbo', 'Dennis the Goat on Trial', 'Saragorah', and co-written several other plays.