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Subject: SOWETO, SOUTH AFRICA
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A SONG FOR SOWETO, by JUNE JORDAN    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: At the throat of soweto
Last Line: With the song of soweto
Subject(s): Soweto, South Africa; Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry


CATENA, by DENNIS BRUTUS    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Pray you, remember them
Last Line: Father grieving %mothers weeping %bodies of children torn and bleeding %pray, remember them: %we rem
Alternate Author Name(s): Bruin, John
Subject(s): Africa - Neocolonialism; South Africa - Apartheid; Soweto, South Africa


NIGHTFALL IN SOWETO, by MBUYISENI OSWALD JOSEPH MTSHALI    Poem Source                    
First Line: Nightfall comes like %a dreaded disease
Last Line: Why can't it be daytime? %daytime for evermore?
Subject(s): Danger; Human Rights; Night; Soweto, South Africa