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    Nostalgic Waves from Soweto: Poetic Memories of the June 16th Uprising
    Nostalgic Waves from Soweto: Poetic Memories of the June 16th Uprising
    Nostalgic Waves from Soweto: Poetic Memories of the June 16th Uprising
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    Nostalgic Waves from Soweto: Poetic Memories of the June 16th Uprising

    By Sol Rachilo

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    Soweto during the 1970s was riven with violence and brutality, the brunt of which was borne by the young people of that period, who took the lead in the struggle against apartheid oppression. Himself a product of the era, Sol Rachilo turned both to science and to art as he strove to depict the atmosphere and the emotions of the people of those tumultuous times. Not relying solely on his own deeply engraved memories, he spent 18 months researching the events which swirled around the Morris Isaacson High School, a magnet for the activists and intellectuals of the time. The book especially highlights the happenings of 1976 and 1977, two years of strife in this politically charged township which was the home of all the founding fathers of what Sol calls, our cherished freedom Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, Nthato Motlana, Desmond Tutu, Mothopeng and Sobukwe.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAfrican Perspectives Publishing
    Release dateDec 29, 2009
    ISBN9780992187545
    Nostalgic Waves from Soweto: Poetic Memories of the June 16th Uprising
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    Sol Rachilo

    Sol Rachilo, in addition to continuing the Cosac Academy, Sol manages a production company called Inner Eye Production and Artists’ Management.

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      Nostalgic Waves from Soweto - Sol Rachilo

      Nostalgic Waves from Soweto

      Poetic Memories of the June 16th Upstring

      Solrha

      African Perspectives Publishing

      PO Box 95342

      Grant Park 2051

      South Africa

      Email: francis@africanperspectives.co.za

      www.africanperspectives.co.za

      © Solhra 2009

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may

      be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system

      or transmitted in any form or by any means,

      electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise,

      without the prior written permission of the publisher.

      ISBN 978-0-9814398-0-8

      Edited by Mindy Stanford

      Typeset by Gail Day

      Cover design by Mycalture

      Printed and bound by 4 Colour Print

      Contents

      About Sol Rachilo

      Foreword

      Introduction

      ‘X’

      The Signatories

      Let’s Recall

      Boots in the Night

      Lament

      Child Crushed by Casspir

      One of the Next Seven

      The Creation of an Innocent Criminal

      Eleventh Hour

      The Black Cloth

      Comrade Chris

      Nomzamo

      To Stompie

      Soweto, I Salute You

      Melody for a Father

      Longing to be Loved

      The Couple’s Song

      As Luck Would Have It

      Uskhova Wasemasotsheni eB.E.S.L.

      Profession of Despair

      Night Sweepers

      What Lurks

      Oliver Twist in Soweto

      Baby Found in Plastic Bag

      The Night She Passed On

      Something to Live for

      Matshidiso

      The Cripple at the Party

      What Change is There?

      Loose Cannons

      My Soweto Dream

      Silent Words

      Looking Through the Hazy Glass

      The Grave

      The Tree by the River

      The Torch

      Caged in Your Mind

      Awake but Not Alone

      Dreaming of the Future

      Paradise

      Remember

      But Once

      Miracles Abound

      About Sol

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