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    Beyond the Delivery Room
    Beyond the Delivery Room
    Beyond the Delivery Room
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    Beyond the Delivery Room

    By Khadija Heeger

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    A debut collection of poems from popular performance poet, Khadija Heeger. The collection is the first in a trilogy of poems that Heeger has worked on over many years. This collection is a combination of story-telling, resistance, re-naming, remembering. The language of the book is personal to the poet and reflects the wider community and society she is part of. She mixes languages, English and Afrikaans, and the language of the Cape called Kaaps.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherModjaji Books
    Release dateAug 26, 2013
    ISBN9781920590710
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