- Title
- Remembering the Late Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Through the Eyes of the Poet:
- Creator
- Kaschula, Russell H
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/174912
- Identifier
- vital:42521
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.1080/1013929X.2018.1439860
- Description
- This article seeks to explore the life and post-democratic work of President Mandela through the eyes of the poet. More specifically, two moments in time are captured and analysed, namely, Mandela’s release from prison together with the lead up to the first democratic South African elections in 1994; and his passing in 2013. This analysis includes the work of poets such as Bongani Sitole, Maya Angelou, Raphael d’Abdon and Thabo Mbeki. The mechanics of translation and the interrelatedness of orality and literacy are explored. The poetic memory contained in this article presents us with an approximation towards the collage of collective memory in a country where economics, politics, and society still present multiple challenges, and where political power often challenges the true collective memory.
- Format
- 13 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Current Writing: Text and Reception in Southern Africa, Kaschula, R.H., 2018. Remembering the Late Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Through the Eyes of the Poet. Current Writing: Text and Reception in Southern Africa, 30(1), pp.12-24, Current Writing: Text and Reception in Southern Africa volume 30 number 1 12 24 2018 2159-9130
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RU DST/NRF SARChI for Intellectualisation of African Languages, Multilingualism and Education
RU School of Languages and Literatures
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