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Recordist's notes
the late Dennis Brutus, poet, activist, freedom fighter talks about the challenges of memory and history in South Africa. the recording was made in Dennis' office at the Centre for Civil Society where Dennis was active as Honorary Professor at the time. The recording was made in the context of the Durban Sings project and is also part of its collection. listen to the entire interview with Dennis here: https://archive.org/details/DurbanSings_764
About the place
Durban is a city of about 3,338,026 people in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. OttoAnna lists 9 field recordings from here.
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Sources & credits
- “University of Kwa-ZuluNatal, CCS, South Africa - the late Dennis Brutus speaks truth to South African history...” by radio continental drift – CC BY-SA 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0