Keorapetse Kgositsile: revolutionary poet laureate
SOURCE: The fabric of dissent: public intellectuals in South Africa
OUTPUT TYPE: Chapter in Monograph
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2020
TITLE AUTHOR(S): G.Houston
SOURCE EDITOR(S): V.Reddy, N.Bohler-Muller, G.Houston, M.Schoeman, H.Thuynsma
KEYWORDS: AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS (ANC), INTELLIGENTSIA, KGOSITSILE, KEORAPETSE, POLITICS
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 11810
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/15835
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/15835
OUTPUT TYPE: Chapter in Monograph
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2020
TITLE AUTHOR(S): G.Houston
SOURCE EDITOR(S): V.Reddy, N.Bohler-Muller, G.Houston, M.Schoeman, H.Thuynsma
KEYWORDS: AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS (ANC), INTELLIGENTSIA, KGOSITSILE, KEORAPETSE, POLITICS
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 11810
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/15835
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/15835
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Abstract
South Africa's Poet Laureate from 2006 to 2018, "Professor" Keorapetse William 'Bra Willie' Kgositsile was strongly influenced by his grandmother and mother, whose family had a long tradition of passing on the collective wisdom of their ancestors through oral tradition. This instilled in him a love of storytelling, and he acquired a wealth of historical insights that were to influence his literary work later. Other influences were his grandmother's strong distaste for the English language, which she saw "as a tool to bludgeon and kill the cultures and languages of the natives", and his uncle's love of jazz.-
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