Anil Deo Poet I do not know?

Athol Fugard, Alan Paton, John Kani, Kessie Govender, Dennis Brutus

Athol Fugard is a leading voice in theater of Africa
 will he condone silence about the street execution f George Floyd?

Dennis Brutus was being deported from USA in 1980s, from U. Penn
(I helped get him to speak against South Africa's Racist Constitution,
at Ohio University in 1984. I confess, with Libyan money as donation!)
Would the late Dennis Brutus be quiet about fascist cop Derek Chauvin?

I grew up under apartheid, deemed inferior to every white-skinned African
Not allowed to go or study where I wanted in South Africa
And loved to hear Steve Biko, Malcolm X, Dr. Martin Luther King
Would they have been silent about "BLACK LIVES" don't matter?

Why do you write?
Are you really in the tradition of free expression, and poetry for ALL?

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Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart June 10, 2020 at 11:39 PM And here is where the medium fails us. All I have is virtual hugs, and the honour of calling you "brother". xomo Anil Deo June 11, 2020 at 1:23 AM Bless your HEART, visible to the world of FLOYDs. amen