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A Letter to Jan van Riebeeck: Rethinking Transnational Connections in Contemporary Vernacular Afrikaans Poetry

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Abstract

This article examines selected poems in vernacular Afrikaans about
the colonial experience and its afterlife. Ronelda Kamfer and Nathan
Trantraal’s works expose obscured dimensions of a conventional encoding of
Dutch-South African relations, understood as stamverwantschap (tribal kinship).
They also consider the impact of this historical period on social relations and
lived experience, thus giving voice to minoritised subjects and rethinking
transnational entanglements between Europe and Africa.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)69-89
Number of pages21
JournalComp.Lit Journal of European Literature, Arts and Society
Volume2
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

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