Description
Loss iLahleko (The National Choreopoem)
Volume: Multilingual Books
Publiser: Kairos Ark
ISBN: 978-0620-93238-7
Format: Trade Paperback and E-book
Recommended Price: R350.00
Published: August 2021
About the book:
“born out of turbulent journeys
culminating in one end,
through poetry, story, music,
through movement, language, and
through love”
~ Qhali, from the opening
Written by twelve extraordinary South African female writers, here lies a multilingual journey of loss experienced by women and children over multiple generations in an unequal and unjust society that has made way for violence to rob us of our bodies, minds, and languages. Carrying the indigenous languages of South Africa, moving between English, “Loss-iLahleko” redefines how we can communicate and share our stories. Now South Africa’s first multilingual and all-female written poetry and prose guidebook that sheds light on the shadow pandemic that has long evaded South Africa and the rest of the world. Through a collection of poetry, stories, and songs interwoven into a choreopoem supported by guidelines and themes, this book will take you through a journey of loss, stolen innocence, and injustice. But along this journey, you will be called to hope, to reflect, and to heal with others because no one should be alone on this journey. With a cover illustration by one of the country’s trailblazing young illustrators, “Loss-iLahleko” represents the power of what it means to be a healing rock.
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