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How do Tatamkhulu Afrika and Imtiaz Dharker make us aware of the society they describe in the poems

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How do Tatamkhulu Afrika and Imtiaz Dharker make us aware of the society they describe in the poems 'Nothings Changed' and 'Blessing'? Tatamkhulu Africa's poem 'Nothings Changed' is a powerful and ironic poem which discusses how society has not changed. It's about him, moving away and then moving back to find that nothing has changed. The poem is all about racial segregation and apartheid in district six. Nothing's changed is angrily set out, as the writer feels very strongly against the fact that white's and non white's in South Africa should be so segregated. His anger is put into the title as he grew up ion the segregated white's only district six and apartheid was abolished in 1994. When Tatamkhulu came back to live after 1994, he was devastated and shocked to find nothing has changed. Where as Imtiaz Dharker's poem 'Blessing' is also based on the title. It talks about...

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