Poetry and Protest: A Dennis Brutus Reader
“We in South Africa needed the support of the international community in our efforts to end the vicious system of racial oppression called apartheid. We had to have eloquent advocates to tell the world our story and persuade it to come to our assistance. . . . We had none more articulate and with all the credibility and integrity so indispensable than Dennis Brutus to plead our cause. He was quite outstanding, and we South Africans owe an immense debt of gratitude.”—Archbishop Desmond Tutu\...
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A vital original collection of the interviews, poetry, and essays of the much-loved anti-apartheid leader.
Introduction : Dennis Brutus's "ticking explosives"11Pt. 1Early years : radicalization and rebellionMemoir : from protest to prison23Documents45Poems94Pt. 2From exile to international activistSect. 1Racism, sports, and resistanceMemoir : isolating apartheid - South Africa and international sports129Documents145Sect. 2Poetry, culture and liberationMemoir : the artist as political activist153Documents167Sect. 3Apartheid's last standMemoir : fighting deportation from the United States220Documents222Poems247Pt. 3From national liberation to global justiceMemoir : apartheid, neoliberalism, resistance285Documents294Poems363
