DA spokeswoman on Interface last night

[JungleBoy]

Name one.

Are you even serious ?
Sir Percy Fitzpatrick - Jock of the Bushveld,
Alan Paton - Cry The Beloved Country,
Ezekiel Mphahlele - Down Second Avenue,
Chinua Achebe - Things Fall Apart,
Mark Mathabane - Kaff!r Boy,
Dr Chika Onyeani - Capitalist N!gger.

These are just off the top of my head.

EDIt...and those are just some of the English ones. I didn't even bother with vernacular classics as you would probably say you never heard of them.

 

[Ninja'd]

So that's who the third Charlie's Angel is.

 

[DigitalSoldier]

Are you even serious ?
Sir Percy Fitzpatrick - Jock of the Bushveld,
Alan Paton - Cry The Beloved Country,
Ezekiel Mphahlele - Down Second Avenue,
Chinua Achebe - Things Fall Apart,
Mark Mathabane - Kaff!r Boy,
Dr Chika Onyeani - Capitalist N!gger.

These are just off the top of my head.

EDIt...and those are just some of the English ones. I didn't even bother with vernacular classics as you would probably say you never heard of them.

Read all the books on your list except the one by Mark Mathabane, but looking at the title I get the idea it will be similar to Capitalist N!gger ?

 

[JungleBoy]

Read all the books on your list except the one by Mark Mathabane, but looking at the title I get the idea it will be similar to Capitalist N!gger ?

Not at all similar to Capitalist N!gger

It's a very good read actually. It's an autobiography almost similar to "Down Second Avenue". The two books' themes are very similar but the tone and writing styles are obviously very different with Ezekiel more humorous and colourful in his use of the English language.

 

[ToxicBunny]

I don't know but I personally find it a bit condescending for a politician to be quoting the likes of Shakespeare in his speech when the audience is not well versed with his work. In the end it defeats the whole purpose of the speech. The audience is more often left wondering what was that all about. Surely we have plenty of familiar local literature that one can make reference to and still achieve the same effect.

I'm not actually talking about QUOTING Shakespeare, but more along the lines of being aware of the social commentary (which is JUST as valid today as it was back then) and being able to paraphrase the ideas, and make reference to Shakespeare...

 

[nightjar]

JungleBoy, Shakespeare is actually very relevant to the SA'n political realm... The threads in his plays are very relevant as they speak of human nature etc.. and of course knowing of Shakespeare's plays does in its own way speak of an educated person.

You're 100% correct but our rulers all think that Shakespeare is what happens when one of their cadres stumbles out of a shebeen, pi$$ed out of his bracket like Robert McBride, and takes a leak against the doorpost.