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Combining both political and social concern, this collection of essays, talks and reviews by Dr. February covers a remarkable range of subject matter, knowledge and expertise, surrounding South Africa And Bid Him Sing consists of a series of lectures, first delivered at various institutes of higher learning in Africa, Europe and the United States of America between 1971 and 1985. These essays all reflect the author's involvement with African literature and culture and deep interest in colonial processes. The research links the history of the Afrikaner's freedom struggle - against British imperialism - and of the Africans' Soweto protest of 1976.
List of contents
Preface, Introduction, 1. The Imbongi, the Scop and the Skald, 2. From Peau Noire to Po' White, 3. Sipho Sepamla - The Soweto I Love, 4. Cape of Torments, 5. Incarceration and Creation, 6. Ilizwi LikaJakobi Kodwa Isandla Sika-Esau, 7. Asingeni - We Shall not Enter, 8. Trefossa - Posthumous Homage to a Creole Poet, 9. Boesi Sa Tek' Mi Baka - Let the Bush Receive Me Once Again, 10. From the Green Antilles, 11. Only Connect - E. M. Forster's A Passage to India andMultatuli's Max Havelaar, Index
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Vernon February
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Combining both political and social concern, this collection of essays, talks and reviews by Dr. February covers a remarkable range of subject matter, knowledge and expertise, surrounding South Africa And Bid Him Sing consists of a series of lectures, first delivered at various institutes of higher learning in Africa, Europe and the United States of America between 1971 and 1985. These essays all reflect the author’s involvement with African literature and culture and deep interest in colonial processes. The research links the history of the Afrikaner’s freedom struggle - against British imperialism - and of the Africans’ Soweto protest of 1976.
