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Summary English Home Language Poetry - Motho Ka Motho
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Motho Ke Motho Ka Batho Babang by Jeremy CroninCronin was born in Cape Town
He was involved in the SACP
As well as the ANC
The title --- We are all dependent on each other -interdependent
This means that one's being and meaning in the world can only be fulfilled
by the being of another -importance of others
Communication does not need words, the prisoner is telling Cronin that he
is being watched by the warden
-no privacy
-hand gestures suggest he wants to speak to Cronin later
"slow-slow rhythm of his work"
-going at a certain pace
-has done it before, indicates that he has been in prison for a while
-routine
Black fist - symbolizes freedom
Even though there is oppression taking place, these activists will not be
discouraged, they will keep fighting for freedom
Just like climbing a mountain it takes :
- perserverance
- strength
- patience
- commitment
The same applies for freedom fighters, they keep the victory at the end in
mind to keep them going
"Just polishing Baas"
-baas is Afrikaans for 'boss'
-sense of authority of the guard over the prisoner
Jeremy Cronin (born 12 September 1949) is a South African writer, author,
and noted poet. A longtime activist in politics, Cronin is a member of the
South African Communist Party and a member of the National Executive
Committee of the African National Congress. He presently serves as the
South African Deputy Minister of Public Works.[2]
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Early life[edit]
Cronin was brought up in a middle-class white Roman Catholic family in
Rondebosch in Cape Town, South Africa. During adolescence he
considered the idea of entering the priesthood. After a year's military
service, which he spent conscripted in the South African Navy, in 1968
Cronin won a bursary to study at the University of Cape Town, where he
became a member of the Radical Student Society and was subsequently
recruited into the (banned) South African Communist Party (SACP).
In the early 1970s, Cronin studied his masters in Philosophy in France and
returned to South Africa, where he began lecturing in the Philosophy
department of the University of Cape Town.
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