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Black Butterflies
2011 · Film · 100 min
Directed by Paula van der Oest
Confronted by Apartheid and a father who was Minister of Censorship, Ingrid Jonker searched for a home, searched for love. With men like Jack Cope and André Brink she found much love, but no home. Later, in his first speech to the South African Parliament Nelson Mandela read her poem "The Dead Child of Nyanga" and addressed her as one of the finest poets of South Africa.
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Ek herhaal jou
Ek herhaal jou sonder begin of einde herhaal ek jou liggaam Die dag het ’n smal skadu en die nag geel kruise die landskap is sonder aansien en die mense ’n ry kerse terwyl ek jou herhaal met my borste wat die holtes van jou hand namaak
- Ingrid Jonker
The poem is in Afrikaans and the poet is South African.
For those who are interested, an English language Dutch film about her was made a few years ago called Black Butterflies.
I can however not say that I have seen any translations that do justice to the original.