South Africa in the news: Book shines light on Dennis Brutus, one of South Africa’s most underrated poets: Brutus is one of the most underrated poets of South Africa. Among this reviewer’s treasured books are two collections, inscribed and autographed in his incredibly neat calligraphy. That none of his …: “South Africa” – BingNews Liquid …
Book shines light on Dennis Brutus, one of South Africa’s most underrated poets: A younger Dennis Brutus, president of the South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee in Montreal, Canada in 1976. Neil Leifer /Sports Illustrated via Getty Images Fortunately for the rest of us South Africans, the apartheid police state often shot itself in the foot. …
Dennis Brutus: South African literary giant who was reluctant to tell his life story: Dennis Brutus's life is synonymous with South Africa's freedom struggle. @mjb/Flickr This is an edited extract from a new biography about Dennis Brutus, the anti-apartheid activist, poet and author. Brutus died in 2009. The extract records Brutus’s reluctance to write about …