Ingrid Jonker’s Poem and the Atrocity Crime Without a Name – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro
The child is not dead not at Langa nor at Nyanganot at Orlando nor at Sharpevillenor at the police station at Philippiwhere he lies with a bullet through his brain…the child is present at all assemblies and law-givings… The reprise of South African place names at the heart of Ingrid Jonker’s poem, a poem recited first … Read more