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For many poets, writing in English, English is a second language. Many poets feel trapped between two cultures. Choose poems from this selection which show this and write about them as fully as you can - Nothings changed
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Poems from other cultures and traditions For many poets, writing in English, English is a second language. Many poets feel trapped between two cultures. Choose poems from this selection which show this and write about them as fully as you can. 1. Nothings changed 2. Unrelated Incidents 3. Search for my tongue In Nothings changed, this is an autobiographical poem. Tatamkhulu Afrika lived in Cape Town's District 6, which was then a thriving mixed-race inner-city community. People of all colours and beliefs lived together peacefully, and Afrika says that he felt 'at home' there. In the 1960s, as part of its policy of apartheid (or separate development) the government declared District 6 a 'whites only' area, and began to evacuate the population. Over a period of years the entire area was razed to the ground. Most of it has never been built on. The poem was written just after the official end of...
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