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Tatamkhulu Afrika

I lived from 1920-2002. I was from South Africa.

Novelist and prize-winning poet, Tatamkhulu Afrika was born in Egypt in 1920 and came to South Africa as a young child. He was a veteran of World War 2 and, as a member of Umkhonto we Sizwe (Spear of the Nation), was active in the South African freedom struggle.

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Links of interest include http://southafrica.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=5386

My poetry

  • Nothing’s Changed
    Small round hard stones click
    under my heels,
    28 lines
  • Small Bird Singing In A Bush
    Small bird in a bush:
    cars in the street rush
    37 lines, 1 comment
  • Dark Where Loneliness Hides
    Cat’s small child cries
    in the dark where loneliness hides.
    28 lines
  • The Knifing
    Black workers pass
    me carrying their tools.
    102 lines
  • Maqabane
    Like gnats after rain,
    sudden beetles born
    68 lines
  • Shaman
    The leopard lay,
    long and dappled, under the leaves.
    52 lines
  • Remembering
    I am looking back a long way now:
    will the circle close?
    30 lines, 1 comment

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