DUNCAN BROWN University of the Western Cape
South Africa
GUEST EDITORS
Special Issue of Multilingual Margins
A journal of multilingualism from the periphery
Volume 7 Issue 2 September 2020
CHRISTOPHER STROUD University of the Western Cape
South Africa
QUENTIN WILLIAMS University of the Western Cape
South Africa
Introduction
Antjie Krog
1
I have my mother
Nolwazi Machi 3
no
Loraine Stander 4
by force
Nokuzola Dyantyi-Achi 5
Mother’s Day
Margot Luyt
9
that day
Sixolile Mbalo 12
the first time
Loraine Stander 18
marriage is large-toothed
Nolwazi Machi 21
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Writing Abuse
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it’s easy to be a man
Nolwazi Machi 23
Wilkeville 1979
Loraine Stander 24
LIGHTS OUT!
Gaireyah Fredericks 26
you resemble my father’s younger brother
Siphosethu Phikelela 36
I don’t distaste alcohol
Siphosethu Phikelela 37
Dust
Margot Luyt 39
Response
Margie Orford