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Wietie

Field	Value
title	Wietie
editor	Christopher van Wyk, Fhazel Johennesse
category	Literary and political Magazine
founded	1980
finaldate	February 1980
country	South Africa
language	English

Wietie was first published in 1980 by Christopher van Wyk and Fhazel Johennesse. The magazine provided a literary platform for the prevailing philosophy of Black Consciousness. It gave voice to a new generation of South African writers who saw their work not only as a critique on oppressive systems, but – like Black Power – as a weapon of transformation.

Content and themes

Wietie contained short stories, poems and artwork. The magazine employed a language that was both literary and defiant. Openly declaring its commitment to the 'communication of revolutionary writing,' while also providing a space to explore the realities of everyday life under apartheid, it published fiction, poetry and prose that challenged both the political, cultural and racial status. Combining wit and humour with openly political writing, Wietie did not survive long under the Apartheid administration.

Publishing

After the first issue was picked up by the police in February 1980, the censors banned it, first on the grounds of obscenity (specifically, they objected to the use of the word 'fuck' in the short story 'Aunt Molly and the Girls'), then on the grounds of sedition. After Wietie was forced to close down, Christopher van Wyk returned to Staffrider to become chief editor.

References

Michael Chapman (ed), Soweto poetry, McGraw-Hill, Johannesburg; New York, 1982.
Peter D. McDonald, The Literature Police: Apartheid Censorship and its Cultural Consequences, Oxford University Press, 2009

References

(20 August 2013). "The Columbia Guide to South African Literature in English Since 1945". Columbia University Press.
(24 September 2014). "Creating Books for the Young in the New South Africa: Essays on Authors and Illustrators of Children's and Young Adult Literature". McFarland.

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