1 They Never Wept, the Men of my Race: Antjie Krog's Country of my ...
1 They Never Wept, the Men of my Race: Antjie Krog's Country of my ...
1 They Never Wept, the Men of my Race: Antjie Krog's Country of my ...
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In this way Krog’s book points <strong>the</strong> way to new directions in ‘white writing’, but it<br />
does so fully aware <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> limitations and contradictions in such a move. And<br />
this, I argue, is why <strong>Antjie</strong> Krog uses her Afrikaans signature, writes selfconsciously<br />
using <strong>the</strong> names <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ancestors, emphasising that <strong>the</strong> time <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
white fa<strong>the</strong>rs is over, but that <strong>the</strong>re is no way <strong>of</strong> escaping <strong>the</strong>ir legacy.<br />
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