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The third voice: the born free generation and the afterlife of protest in south african poetry

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: This paper is the sequel to an earlier comparative study which established an essential unity between apartheid and post apartheid poetry in South Africa and argued that the racial logic of the old order had not ended but had mutated into a class logic administered by a black political elite (Oluwatoyin, 2026). The present study carries that argument into the generation born at or after the political transition, the cohort popularly described as born free, and asks what becomes of protest when t

Source: Journal of Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Research

DOI: 10.61955/yazwho

Author: Barnabas Barnabas

Institution: Federal University Lokoja

Language: English

Topic: South African History and Culture

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W7208713546