Publisher: African Perspectives, South Africa
‘The attainment of liberty was the first decisive step in the path
of reconstruction and development: a path that sought to harness the
life experiences, skills, energies and aspirations of the people of
South Africa towards the complete eradication of apartheid and its
vestiges, as well as the building of a united democratic, non-racial,
non-sexist and prosperous future for all. However, the road ahead
remains long, steep and winding. More still needs to be done to
translate our freedom into profound socio-economic change in the lives
of many South Africans, to whom the great promise and optimism of 1994
has given way to disappointment and hopelessness. In this collection of
poetry, Lawrence Mduduzi Ndlovu retraces our steps as a nation from the
period immediately preceding freedom and democracy in 1994 to where we
are 25 years later’.
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About the author
Lawrence
Mduduzi Ndlovu is a poet, speaker, lecturer, radio show host, Catholic
cleric and arts enthusiast. He has contributed to several publications
through his columns in Spotlight Africa and The Daily Maverick. He has
also written for The Thinker, The Huffington Post, News 24, The Southern
Cross and The South African. Lawrence read philosophy and theology at
St John Vianney Seminary Pretoria, Heythrop College, University of
London and the Bellarmine Institute in London. He is the founding
director of the Centre for Ethical Business Leadership and Chairman of
the St Augustine Education Foundation Trust. He serves as an Advisory
Council Member of the Southern Cross Weekly and host of Arts Edition, a
show on Radio Veritas. He was listed by the Mail and Guardian as South
Africa’s top 200 young South Africans for 2016, and is the recipient of
the 2016 Youth Trailblazer Award for his outstanding contribution in
youth development from the Gauteng Provincial Government.
Review
‘This collection of poetry is a useful addition to the body of
literature that is helping our nation to critically reflect on its past,
while at the same time imagining the future that lies ahead’.
KGALEMA MOTLANTHE, Former President of South Africa
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