If the release of Nelson Mandela in February 1990 signaled the imminent collapse of apartheid, what did the prospect of massive social change mean for South African poetry, a poetry for many years ...
"Thus she has lain / Black through the years / Over the white seas / Rime white and cold. Brigands ungentled / Icicle bold / Took her young daughters / Sold her strong sons. Now she is rising / ...
When we look back and confront the audacious moralism of Rudyard Kipling’s maxim “the white man’s burden”, we continue to be surprised that the philosophy that propped the exploitation of ...
Read Part 2: With a range of accents, a unity poem years in the making is brought to life through culturally diverse voices “We are the unbreakable woven thread.” “They want red white and blue, but ...
It’s #WorldPoetryDay! Celebrate with us by enjoying these examples of incredible literature and personal expression by poets from across the African continent. Bassey Ikpi, a Nigerian-born but America ...
The poems must honour the students of June 16 and express the poet’s dream for a better South Africa. Photo: Thought Catalog on Unsplash To commemorate the 45th anniversary of the Soweto Uprising on ...
A University of Texas at Arlington graduate student recently found a piece of American history that offers more insight on U.S. slavery. Julie McCown, a doctoral student, discovered one of the ...
The poems must honour the students of June 16 and express the poet’s dream for a better South Africa. Photo: Thought Catalog on Unsplash To commemorate the 45th anniversary of the Soweto Uprising on ...
When we look back and confront the audacious moralism of Rudyard Kipling’s maxim “the white man’s burden”, we continue to be surprised that the philosophy that propped the exploitation of ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results
Feedback