“Three generations of white South African men were bound together at that table. Vermuelen was the first generation. He defined Africa, made it safe for Basson to defile. I was the last generation, the last to grow up in segregated neighborhoods. Between us was the silent photograph of Wouter Basson. Like a distant father, Basson was absent at the dining table.” – Henk Rossouw (Hole in the White ‘Hood). Also Mahmood Mamdani on Bantu Education at UCT, Gael Reagon on sisterhood, Binyavanga Wainaina on dis-covering Kenya, Gaston Zossou on African intellectuals and more…
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Strange Fruit by Lewis Allen
Home Is Where the Mic Is (Botsotso, 2015)
Over recent years South Africa’s poetry scene has seen a rebirth of poetry with young writers redefining the art form to better suit their lived experiences.
This anthology, Home Is Where the Mic Is, is the first collection of contemporary youth poetry that manages to fully capture the spirit of spoken word in a country as diverse and ever changing as this.