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The Dennis Brutus Tapes - Essays at autobiography (Hardcover, annotated edition)
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The Dennis Brutus Tapes - Essays at autobiography (Hardcover, annotated edition)
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Poet and anti-apartheid activist Dennis Brutus recorded a series of
tapes in the 1970s which have been edited and annotated by Bernth
Lindfors to give valuable insights into Brutus's life and works.
Dennis Brutus (1924-2009) is known internationally as a South
African poet, anti-apartheid activist and campaigner for human
rights and the release of political prisoners. His literary works
include Sirens Knuckles Boots (1963), Letters to Martha, and Other
Poems from a South African Prison (1968), A Simple Lust (1973), and
Stubborn Hope (1978). When Dennis Brutus was a Visiting Professor
at The University of Texas at Austin in 1974-75, he recorded on
tape a series of reflections on his life and career. In addition,
he frequently responded to questions about his poetry and political
activities put to him by students and faculty in formal and
informal interviews that were also captured on tape. Transcripts of
a selection of these tapes, as well as reprints of two interviews
recorded earlier, are reproduced here in order to put on record
fragments of the autobiography of a remarkable man who lived in
extraordinary times and managed to leave his mark on the land and
literature of South Africa. Brutus was an effective anti-apartheid
campaigner who succeeded in getting South Africa excluded from the
Olympics. His opposition to racial discrimination in sports led to
his arrest, banning, and imprisonment on Robben Island. Upon
release, he left South Africa and lived most of the rest of his
life in exile, where he continued his political work and
simultaneously earned an international reputation as a poet who
often sang of his love for his country. The tapes are edited by
Bernth Lindfors who has added an Introduction and a transcript of a
1970 interview as well as other transcripts of lectures and
discussions. Bernth Lindfors is Professor Emeritus of English and
African Literatures, The University of Texas at Austin, and
founding editor of Research in AfricanLiteratures. He has written
and edited numerous books on African literature, including Folklore
in Nigerian Literature (1973), Popular Literatures in Africa
(1991), Africans on Stage (1999), Early Soyinka (2008), and Early
Achebe (2009).
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