The Coloured Voice: Finding Its Place in South African Poetry

Kirsten Deane

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The Coloured Voice: Finding Its Place in South African Poetry

Kirsten Deane

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Received: 29 June 2021 Accepted: 24 July 2021 Published: 29 July 2021

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Abstract

South African poetry has found its place in many parts of the world. Topics such as racism, discrimination and issues resulting from the past of South Africa, have all found themselves in South African literary journals and anthologies. One of the achievements of the South African poet has been finding a place for the disadvantaged group/s of South Africa, the group/s that have suffered through the past and present South Africa. However, through all the major South African journals and literary collections, the voice and life of the Coloured individual has been left out and overlooked. More importantly, this has resulted in the Coloured individuals of South Africa not knowing their place in the poetry world. More specifically, because they are not reading about their cultural power in poetry, they tend to believe that poetry is not for the Coloured culture and language. In this paper I intend to show that there has been a lack of place in poetry for the Coloured individual, and furthermore, to show that there is a place for the Coloured story and culture in poetry. As a result, what will be shown is the effect that the Coloured voice will have on South African poetry, and how it will benefit a large portion of the South African population.

Published in	Education Journal (Volume 10, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.edu.20211004.16
Page(s)	154-159
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South Africa, Poetry, Coloured, Mixed Race

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