Nostalgic Waves from Soweto: Poetic Memories of the June 16th Uprising
By Sol Rachilo
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Sol Rachilo
Sol Rachilo, in addition to continuing the Cosac Academy, Sol manages a production company called Inner Eye Production and Artists’ Management.
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Nostalgic Waves from Soweto - Sol Rachilo
Nostalgic Waves from Soweto
Poetic Memories of the June 16th Upstring
Solrha
African Perspectives Publishing
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Grant Park 2051
South Africa
Email: francis@africanperspectives.co.za
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© Solhra 2009
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ISBN 978-0-9814398-0-8
Edited by Mindy Stanford
Typeset by Gail Day
Cover design by Mycalture
Printed and bound by 4 Colour Print
Contents
About Sol Rachilo
Foreword
Introduction
‘X’
The Signatories
Let’s Recall
Boots in the Night
Lament
Child Crushed by Casspir
One of the Next Seven
The Creation of an Innocent Criminal
Eleventh Hour
The Black Cloth
Comrade Chris
Nomzamo
To Stompie
Soweto, I Salute You
Melody for a Father
Longing to be Loved
The Couple’s Song
As Luck Would Have It
Uskhova Wasemasotsheni eB.E.S.L.
Profession of Despair
Night Sweepers
What Lurks
Oliver Twist in Soweto
Baby Found in Plastic Bag
The Night She Passed On
Something to Live for
Matshidiso
The Cripple at the Party
What Change is There?
Loose Cannons
My Soweto Dream
Silent Words
Looking Through the Hazy Glass
The Grave
The Tree by the River
The Torch
Caged in Your Mind
Awake but Not Alone
Dreaming of the Future
Paradise
Remember
But Once
Miracles Abound