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Poets voicing their anger

Jürgen SchneiderApril 22, 2014

Many young people are frustrated with their current situation in South Africa. A group of young writers has taken on the task of expressing their generation's anger and frustration.

Two poets in South Africa (photo: DW)
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South Africa: When Words Become Weapons

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Twenty years without apartheid should give South Africans reason to celebrate. But many of the country's young people are frustrated.

A group of young writers are now putting that frustration into words. The writers meet in schools, theaters, churches, universities and township bars. Through art they express the anger they feel about the current situation in South Africa.

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