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Antjie Krog and the Post-Apartheid public sphere - Speaking poetry to power (Paperback)
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Antjie Krog and the Post-Apartheid public sphere - Speaking poetry to power (Paperback)
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Antjie Krog has been known in Afrikaans literary circles and media
for decades for her poetry and her strong political convictions.
Often known simply as `Antjie’, she is also affectionately called
`our beloved poet’ and our `Joan of Arc’ by Afrikaans
commentators. It was through her work on the Truth and
Reconciliation Commission as an SABC radio journalist and her
subsequent book, Country of My Skull, that she then became known to
English-speakers in South Africa and across the world. This work
catapulted her particular brand of poetics and politics, honed over
many years of her opposition to apartheid, into the South African
public sphere at a time when the country was not only looking for a
humane and just resolution after the apartheid era but was also
establishing itself as a new democracy. These were heady days as
South Africa discovered an exciting place in the world, as it
realised it had things to say and teach about race, conflict and
justice. It was also a time when the new government was seeking
solutions and urging all those who could contribute positively to
stand up and speak out. The language of `public intellectuals’
was in the air. In this book, Anthea Garman considers how Krog, the
prolific poet, journalist, non-fiction book author in English and
now also academic and researcher, has made a significant
contribution to the South African post-apartheid public sphere.
Krog’s inimitable style, rooted in her sensibility as a poet, has
allowed her to develop a particular persona and subjectivity as a
writer of testimony and witness.
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