Soweto Flames Poem by Barati Lesetlhe

Soweto Flames



In 1976
In Soweto
The time was 7 o'clock
It was 16th of June

Children marching
Through the streets
Children chanting
On the streets

Protesting against Afrikaans
Protesting against Afrikaners
Children were gunned
For protesting against Afrikaners language
Children were gassed
For protecting African language

Afrikaans language
Afrikaners language
Africans baggage

Thursday, October 18, 2012
Topic(s) of this poem: love and pain
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
For all children who died during the apartheid era in South Africa
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