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Somewhere on the Border

Author :  Anthony Akerman

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Country
South Africa
Publisher
WITS University Press, South Africa
ISBN 9781868145607
Format HardBound
Language English
Year of Publication 2011
Bib. Info 128p.;
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"In this touching, disturbing and meticulously researched play, each vulgar and bullying witticism reinforces the indoctrinating brutality with which young, susceptible minds were beaten into submission. Each word is like a razor wire pulled across the soul." --Leon van Nierop, "Artslink" "Somewhere on the Border "was written by Anthony Akerman while in exile more than two decades ago. The play was intercepted in the post and banned as a publication by the apartheid censors because the language was considered "offensive" and the portrayal of the South African Armed Forces "prejudicial to the safety of the state." This publication of a one-act version of the play brings the South African Border War back into public discourse and pierces through the armour of silence, secrecy, and shame that still surrounds it. The script is complemented by an author's preface and an afterword by historian Gary Baines, as well as photographs of its 2011 production.

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