Begging to Be Black
Antjie Krog
Begging to Be Black
Antjie Krog
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Description
In 1992, a gang leader was shot dead by a member of Umkhonto we Sizwe in Kroonstad. The murder weapon was then hidden on Antjie Krog's stoep. In Begging to Be Black, Krog begins by exploring her position in this controversial case.
Antjie Krog was born in Kroonstad and grew up on a farm in the Free State. She is the author of the internationally acclaimed Country of My Skull, which won the Alan Paton Award and the Olive Schreiner Award, among others. She has published a number of volumes of poetry, several of which have been translated into European languages and have won local and foreign prizes. Down to My Last Skin, a collection of her poetry in English translation, won the inaugural FNB Vita Poetry Award in 2000. She is also widely recognised for her outstanding reporting during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Krog is married to architect John Samuel, and is the mother of four children.
Antjie Krog was born in Kroonstad and grew up on a farm in the Free State. She is the author of the internationally acclaimed Country of My Skull, which won the Alan Paton Award and the Olive Schreiner Award, among others. She has published a number of volumes of poetry, several of which have been translated into European languages and have won local and foreign prizes. Down to My Last Skin, a collection of her poetry in English translation, won the inaugural FNB Vita Poetry Award in 2000. She is also widely recognised for her outstanding reporting during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Krog is married to architect John Samuel, and is the mother of four children.