In 1937, the Danish-born writer Karen Blixen published Out of Africa, an autobiographical account, in English, of the seventeen years she spent in Africa (from 1914 until 1931). During those years, she forged a permanent ...

In this article, creative relationships between poetry (lexical text) and visual art (‘text’-in-images) are examined and illustrated with an example. The article focuses on the potential for a heightened experienced that ...

D.J. Opperman, one of the most prominent Afrikaans poets of the 20th century, often used birds as symbols and metaphors to describe or reinforce human emotions or conduct. This is especially evident in Heilige beeste (1945), ...

In die Afrikaanse letterkunde speel voëls by verskeie digters ’n belangrike rol – as simbole of metafore, of bloot as onderwerp in tradisionele natuurgedigte. Ook in die oeuvre van D.J. Opperman, een van die grootste ...

This study is comprised of two parts: an unauthorised biography of the South African musician David Kramer, as well as a reflective look at the process of writing this biography. In this regard the following aspects were ...

Ten years after Betsie van der Westhuizen’s (1999) argumentation, this article attempts to take stock of the state and place of Afrikaans children’s and juvenile books in the Afrikaans literary system. By making use of ...

This article provides an overview of the field of poetry therapy by focussing on its origin in ancient civilizations, its earlier uses – which emphasise the therapeutic value of poetry – and the establishment of the worldwide ...

This article is an auto-ethnographical narrative that, through the splintering of the ego, views the creative process reflectively and reflexively. It includes an exploratory investigation of the concept "Other" as it ...

In this article an overview is provided of Afrikaans poetry for the period 2004–2007. Book publications and activities concerning Afrikaans poetry, such as arts festivals, radio programmes and websites, are discussed. ...

My eerste kennismaking met Elize Botha was gedurende die tweede semester van my derde jaar aan die Universiteit van Pretoria, 1982. Professor Botha het Afrikaanse prosa gedoseer en ek was baie nuuskierig om hierdie dosent ...