Letter to South Africa: Poets Calling the State to Order (Willem Anker)

• Author: Willem Anker

Condition & Size

• Size: Large (Format C. Typically 13.8x21.6 or 14.0x22 cm)
• Book Type: Paperback
• CAI Condition Score: 7/10.
• CAI Condition Description: Very Good

About This Book

Venting their frustration Howling in anguish Declaring their love Confessing their loyalty Claiming their rights Screaming in anger Offering their devotion "South Africa. I have nothing left to give to you apart from the car guard's R5 in my back pocket, on the 17th of September in the year or our Lord, soccer, sex workers and Jackie Selebi, 2010" "Suid-Afrika, jou kerke is aerobics arenas en jou erfenis is worse, is 'n gebraai in agterplase, en 'n gevreet, jy is obees van kulturele honger." "Sorry South Africa yes I know I'm all bark too scared to bite it's my fear of Aids that unpatriotically keeps me out of your jails and brothels." "Suid-Afrika, wat het geword van jou technicolour rainbow engelvlerke?" "South Africa, hey, I'm talking to you - it's like praying, like mourning, like whimpering too."