'A white fly on the sombre window pane': The construction of Africa and identity in Breyten Breytenbach’s poetry

This article explores the way in which the construction of Africa interacts with the construction of identity in the poetry written by Breyten Breytenbach. On the one hand, Breytenbach’s use of the name Jan Afrika, his attempts to emphasise the African-ness of the language Afrikaans as well as the c...

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Main Author: L. Viljoen
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: AOSIS 2001-08-01
Series:Literator
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Online Access:https://literator.org.za/index.php/literator/article/view/359