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The time ‘the other Kennedy’ visited apartheid South Africa
Posted in Blogs, News & Events
Tagged Albert Luthuli, ANC, apartheid, Civil Rights, Robert Kennedy
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In memoriam: André Brink (1935-2015)
For those who benefited from reading his impressive oeuvre, Brink’s passing also marks the passing of an era in South African literary culture.
Posted in Blogs, Essays
Tagged Afrikaans, André Brink, apartheid, literature, memoriam, Mongane Serote, University of Cape Town
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Memory, mis-memory, and remembering in South Africa
In the debate about how to symbolise and remember the figures of the past, some, in their vocal support for including de Klerk, seem unable to remember just how contradictory his various actions were.
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Tagged apartheid, colonialism, DA, FW de Klerk, Patricia de Lille, reinvention, Table Bay Boulevard
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In memoriam: Nadine Gordimer (1923-2014)
Angelo Fick honours the influence of Nadine Gordimer’s life and writing.