(Taken by me)
At the base of the monumnet are the words of her poem which was read by Nelson Mandela, Die kind : wat doodgeskiet is deur soldate by Nyanga) (The child : who was shot dead by soldiers at Nyanga)), in Afrikaans, during his address at the opening of the first democratic parliament on May 24, 1994.
Read the poem in Afrikaans and English: Click here
16 comments:
I learn something through blogging every day.
I would have never known anything about this place without you :D
Beautiful shot - the words give me the creeps though when I start thinking .... :S
Great post, Simone. Nicole is right, you never stop learning...
Happy WW!
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Hey thanks for sharing this. Informative.
That first shot is beautiful!
What a beautiful monument, very touching and moving.
Thanks for sharing and informing!
wonderful piece of art! love the story behind it, too ... :)
I had never heard of her before. Thanks for sharing.
cool one for WW! mine's up too hope you can drop by.
thanks for sharing this.
mine is up. hope you can check it out too:
http://www.womenxplore.com/2008/04/wordless-wednesday-4-times-square-ny.html
Amazing. Very very interesting.
My W W is posted, a 'love interest' this week. Hope you can stop by.
You have a great shot but what makes it more stunning is the info about it. Bravo.
Happy WW!
Great poem & monument... it was a sad story but thank you for sharing it...
Hi Simone. Thanks for the link to my post.
It's great to see that there is such an appropriate memorial to Ingrid Jonker. If you don't mind, I'd like to direct people to this post as well.
Sure Dusty
Hi Simone
Marilize de Jager left a comment on my Ingrid Jonker post for you. Please let me know if you'd like to contact her, and I'll give you her email address.
And congratulations on your 600th post!
Wow I didn't know that existed. Do you know if the children's book "Moenie skrik nie"(see January post on: www.fleamarketheart.blogspot.com) is by the same Ingrid Jonker?
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