Adam Small

South African poet

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In South African literature: In Afrikaans
…vernacular of the Cape Coloureds, Adam Small was the most talented.
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In African literature: Afrikaans
Adam Small wrote works, such as Kanna hy kô hystoe (1965; Kanna—He Is Coming Home), that revealed the realities of the lives of nonwhites in South Africa. Ingrid Jonker wrote intensely personal poetry. Breytenbach wrote surreal poetry, his work revealing his struggle with the Afrikaners’…
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In South Africa: Multicultural literature
The authors Adam Small and Alex La Guma have written vividly in Afrikaans and English, respectively, of the effects of racial discrimination and of the complex and frequently violent nature of life in South Africa. Many Black and white writers addressing these and other themes have received…
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