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

N. P. van Wyk Louw was a South African poet, playwright, and scholar who wrote in Afrikaans. He is quoted as suggesting that Afrikaans is the "bridge" that connects Europe and Africa. D. J. Opperman, another South African poet, has been recorded suggesting that van Wyk Louw was "the greatest" Afrikaner poet of the period. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N._P._van_Wyk_Louw