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Anthea Garman, Professor of Journalism and Media Studies, Rhodes University

Antjie Krog and the role of the poet in South Africa's public life

Antjie Krog from a detail of the cover for the book 'n Vry vrou (a free woman). Human & Rousseau

When South African writer Antjie Krog was just 17, she wrote a poem for her school magazine which was shocking enough to upset Kroonstad High’s parents. The furore caught the attention of the Sunday newspapers, who descended on the town in the Free State province.

The 17-year-old had expressed the desire to:

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