In Apartheid-era South Africa, who were the Sestigers?

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In Apartheid-era South Africa, who were the Sestigers?

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Last updated Sep 30 2024.
Originally posted Sep 29 2024 1:38 AM.

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The Sestigers (Sixtiers), also known as the Beweging van Sestig ("the movement of the sixties"), were a dissident literary movement of Afrikaans-language poets and writers in South Africa under apartheid.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sestigers

Response last updated by looney_tunes on Sep 29 2024.
Sep 29 2024, 3:58 AM

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The Sestigers earned their name from the magazine started by André Brink and Bartho Smit. in 1963.Unfortunately it didn't last very long, but it did mark a seismic change in Afrikaans literature and its name has lived on ever since.

https://diesestigers.wordpress.com/about/

In Apartheid-era South Africa, who were the Sestigers?

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