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Dennis Brutus at WSC

Unpublished Poetry

Center for the Study of Human Rights

Description of the contents of the Collection:

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1 Apartheid and sports/Olympics issues. Anti-apartheid material; New Zealand anti-apartheid campaign; miscellaneous Access and ARENA references; sports related correspondence with Brutus; miscellaneous references to African, Arab, Austrian concerns with sports; miscellaneous SANROC correspondence; references to SACOS and South African sports concerns; sports citations.
2 Poetry by Dennis Brutus published in periodicals Poems of Protest for the Year 2000, War Resisters League; Flying Horse, No. 6; Heart Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 3, Winter 2000; The Antioch Review, Vol. 38, No. 2, 1980; The Gar, No. 31, 1977; The Gar, No. 33, 1979; article on Brutus by Nkondo in World Literature Today, Vol. 55, No. 1, 1981; Troubadour Press, Vol. II, No. 1, 1982; The Hammer, Vol. 4, 1998; Word Loom, Issue 1, 1981/82.
3 Photographs Photographs of both personal and public content.
4 Poetry Manuscripts by Dennis Brutus; Manuscript copy of Stubborn Hope. Contains many poems in manuscript form, primarily from the 1970s and 1980s. Some are from the 1990s and 2000s.
4A Poetry Manuscripts by Dennis Brutus Salutes and Censures, Troubadour Press, 1980; manuscripts of experiments with haiku form; bibliography, awards, etc.
5 Prose not by Dennis Brutus Papers on South Africa, 1978; a checklist of Black South African writers and writings compiled by Amelia House, 1977; a perspecitve on African heroic and epic poetry; galleys for Standpoints on African Literature: A Critical Anthology, ed. Chris L. Wanjala.
6 Poetry Manuscripts not by Dennis Brutus Tributes to Hoyt W. Fuller (1927-1981); manuscript for 51 Poems, Christine ------- (last name illegible); poems by Don Mattera; poems by Lupenga Mphande.
7 Postcards to Dennis Brutus A few haiku on cards and envelopes
8 Calendars, appointment books, travel records, plane tickets A few haiku scattered throughout.
9 Calendars Haiku on one calendar, South Africa in Harmony, 1998.
10 Dennis Brutus and United States Deportation Case Covers period from 1981 to 1982. Letters of support, documents, official Dennis Brutus Defense Committee material, news releases, articles on Dennis Brutus and the INS.
11 Published Reviews of Dennis Brutus's Works. Unpublished Seminar Papers on Dennis Brutus's Works. Manuscript of Bede M. Ssenswalo, Critical Perspective on Dennis Brutus. Brutus has annotated the chapter "A Landscape and Transcendence"; articles by Gessler Moses Nkondo, "The Human Image in South African English Poetry," "The Politics of Poetry: Studied in the Works of Four South African Poets," "Seminar, March 26, 1980"; Syed Amannddin, "South African Poetryof Commitment"; Bede M. Ssensalo, "The Autobiographical Nature of the Poetry of Dennis Brutus." Reprint of G. M. Nkondo, "Dennis Brutus: The Domestication of a Tradition."
12 Letters to Dennis Brutus Letters from 1980 to present; Jubilee 2000 Coalition correspondence; short speeches, invitations to lecture, visiting professorships, etc.
13 Letters to Dennis Brutus Letters from friends, letters of support; correspondence about events, poetry readings, discussion groups.
14 Miscellaneous: Letters by Dennis Brutus. Drafts of Letters, Speeches, Papers, etc. Letters on the future of South Africa, ending investments and anti-apartheid letters from the 1980s. Material on South African economic development, newspaper clippings on various events; material on Jubilee 2000.
15 Miscellaneous: Letters by Dennis Brutus. Drafts of Letters, Speeches, Papers, etc. African Literature Newsletters, 1974; African Literature Conference at Northwestern University, 1976; materials on divestment; human rights activities; thoughts/notes on global issues; material on defense of Mumia.
16 Miscellaneous: Letters by Dennis Brutus. Drafts of Letters, Speeches, Papers, etc. Manuscript on opportunities in regard to the Summit of Non-aligned Nations; more material on Jubilee 2000.
17 Published Prose by Dennis Brutus: Interviews, Public Testimonies; Speech Transcripts; Miscellaneous Realia. Notes for an address to the United Nations, October 19, 1979; interview with Brutus in Palaver, 1972, occasional publication of the African and Afro-American Research Institute, the University of Texas, Austin; interview with Brutus, July 31, 1981, at Northwestern University; manuscript for a talk on the predicament of the creative writer in South Africa.

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