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Breyten Breytenbach

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The Leaving of Madiba

Saying goodbye to Nelson Mandela, beloved fighter, visionary, and king

by Breyten Breytenbach,

Four Fictions

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The returns

by Breyten Breytenbach,

Obamandela

From a lecture delivered in January at the Gorée Institute, in Senegal. Breytenbach’s essay “Mandela’s Smile” appeared in the December 2008 issue of Harper’s Magazine. First it was the voice. It…

by Breyten Breytenbach,

Mandela’s Smile

Notes on South Africa

by Breyten Breytenbach,

How beautiful the mountain

by Breyten Breytenbach,

Two Poems

by Breyten Breytenbach,

Imagine Africa

by Breyten Breytenbach,

You, screws

by Breyten Breytenbach,

En État de mourir

by Breyten Breytenbach,

Interrogator and detainee

by Breyten Breytenbach,

The faces of ants

by Breyten Breytenbach,

Diary of an exile returning home

by Breyten Breytenbach,

The exile as African

by Breyten Breytenbach,

Erogenous South Africa

by Breyten Breytenbach,

Interrogator and detainee

by Breyten Breytenbach,

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