The Child is not Dead Poem by Ingrid Jonker Summary, Notes and Line by Line Explanation in English for Students

Introduction The poem โ€œThe Child is not Deadโ€ is written by African poet Ingrid Jonker. The poem was written as a response to the massacre of Sharpeville on 21st March 1960. The poem talks about the people killed in the massacre during the apartheid regime. The poem is translated from the original language of Afrikaans. โ€ฆ Read more