Overview
Region
Southern Africa
South Africa
Era
Post-colonial
Language
English
Genre
Poetry
About This Work
Poems written before, during, and after Brutus's imprisonment on Robben Island for opposing apartheid. His Sirens Knuckles Boots is among them — love poems and prison poems inseparable.
Literary Significance
Brutus organized the boycott that excluded apartheid South Africa from the Olympics; his poetry was smuggled out of prison