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Border plays are a genre of dramas, a sub-section of the so-called “border literature” [“grensliteratuur”], written mostly in Afrikaans, but also in English, that deal with the war on South Africa’s borders in the 1970s and 1980s. | Border plays are a genre of dramas, a sub-section of the so-called “border literature” [“grensliteratuur”], written mostly in Afrikaans, but also in English, that deal with the war on South Africa’s borders in the 1970s and 1980s. | ||
| − | Examples include: ''[[The Dead Wait]]'' by [[Paul Herzberg]] (1997), ''[[Somewhere on the Border]]'' by [[Anthony Akerman]], and ''[[Môre is ‘n Lang Dag]]'' by [[Deon Opperman]]. | + | Examples include: ''[[The Dead Wait]]'' by [[Paul Herzberg]] (1997), ''[[Somewhere on the Border]]'' by [[Anthony Akerman]] (1983), and ''[[Môre is ‘n Lang Dag]]'' by [[Deon Opperman]]. |
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Revision as of 16:31, 21 May 2025
Border plays are a genre of dramas, a sub-section of the so-called “border literature” [“grensliteratuur”], written mostly in Afrikaans, but also in English, that deal with the war on South Africa’s borders in the 1970s and 1980s.
Examples include: The Dead Wait by Paul Herzberg (1997), Somewhere on the Border by Anthony Akerman (1983), and Môre is ‘n Lang Dag by Deon Opperman.
Sources
[Van Heerden (2008)][1]. p 105.
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