“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
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.