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In a series of interviews conducted in the years preceding his
death in 2012, activist and scholar Neville Alexander reflected on
how the languages he had used throughout his life shaped his world
and his relationships with his immediate and wider communities. A
version of these conversations was published in German in 2011 by
Drava Verlag. In this reconstruction, the only extensive
(auto)biographical work about Alexander in print in English, his
belief in the emancipatory potential of multilingualism frames his
vividly recalled life and his incisive observations about language
in post-apartheid South Africa. He speaks candidly about his
childhood in the Eastern Cape, his political awakening and Robben
island incarceration. He also gives an insider's view of how South
Africa's post- apartheid language dispensation was shaped. The book
also includes some of Alexander's seminal writings on
multilingualism, a rewarding yet often neglected aspect of his
work.
There are numerous rooms and exhibits in The Little Museum of
Working Life. Among them, you can choose to see: The room of
working parts; Cartwheels; Diorama: Weekend work; The room of
watching; The room of how to; The room of sharpness; The room of
getting from day to day; The room of John; The room of these things
happen; The gallery of the future; The room of repossessed
furniture; The gallery of chairs; Glass cabinet: The watch; The
room of what the children tell their children...Items in Karen
Press's poetry have always been unusually well lit and carefully
positioned, with lots of space for viewing and contemplation. That
is more true than ever of the exhibits in this most artfully
designed and immensely absorbing pocket museum, with its sensitive
evocation of the textures and nuances of South African
working-class life.
The eight one-act plays in this volume have been chosen to appeal
to South Africa's secondary students. The book includes an
introduction to theatre, production notes, and questions.
Shading our eyes from the glare we stand still, breath held,
scanning this blue country we are on the edge of, watching for a
sign that we may go home. In poems written from and about a
specific point at the tip of a continent, Karen Press sends out
delicate and skilful soundings: where are we? who are we? where
have we come from? what might we become? Never overburdened by
earnestness, Echo Location takes a good look at the hard questions
by means of great entertainment.
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