Faced by Apartheid as well as a dad that was Minister of Censorship, Ingrid Jonker looked for a residence, searched for love. With men like Jack Cope and also André Verge she discovered much love, yet no house. Later, in his first speech to the South African Parliament Nelson Mandela read her poem "The Dead Youngster of Nyanga" and also addressed her as one of the finest poets of South Africa.
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Faced by Apartheid as well as a dad that was Minister of Censorship, Ingrid Jonker looked for a residence, searched for love. With men like Jack Cope and also André Verge she discovered much love, yet no house. Later, in his first speech to the South African Parliament Nelson Mandela read her poem "The Dead Youngster of Nyanga" and also addressed her as one of the finest poets of South Africa.
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