A Survey of African Poetry in the London Times, Sunday Times, Financial Times, the Times Literary Supplement 1865-1985

"History has brought together in South Africa two languages so closley related that if one were to try to express their relationship in familiar terms, one could possibly say they are first cousins. Although this relationship right through the nineteenth century and deep into the present was marred by keen and sometimes even bitter rivalry, conditions are now such that in the literary field at least Afrikaans and English not only are a source of mutual inspiration, but to a large degree also complement each other... "