An Injury To One Is An Injury To All
Keorapetse Kgositsile
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An Injury To One Is An Injury To All is a poem by South African poet Keorapetse Kgositsile, published in the Vol. 19, No. 4/5, Word Within A Word, July/Aug.-Sept./Oct8 edition of The Black Scholar Journal. It has also appeared in various anthologies.
The poem addresses the theme of the South Africa...
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If all the dogs in my country
were less than dogs, I would say,
Like a Calypsonian, me one,
I and I both
Let us dub all our dogs Gatsha
And that other one
At the Place-of-the-Rocks
Who has disgraced grandmother's womb
We are saying a few simple things here
Like Neruda looking at the blood in the
streets
We are saying
Our mothers give birth to heroes every
day
We are saying
Botha's mother gives birth to rats
Every day
We are saying
VIVA COSATU VIVA
VIVA SACTU VIVA
Because we hear Killens' Thunder
We say with Langston Hughes
Good Morning, Revolution
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Who wrote An Injury To One Is An Injury To All's ?
An Injury To One Is An Injury To All was written by Keorapetse Kgositsile.
When did Keorapetse Kgositsile release An Injury To One Is An Injury To All?
Keorapetse Kgositsile released An Injury To One Is An Injury To All on Mon Sep 05 1988.