South Africa’s Poet Laureate talks exile, liberation and Detroit’s role in ending apartheid

50 years ago students in Soweto, South Africa stood up to apartheid and poetry carried the story across the world. We’ll explore how Detroit played a critical role in putting those poems in the hands of the people.  South Africa’s National Poet Laureate Mongane Wally Serote joined the show alongside Laura Kraftowitz, co-founder of City of Asylum/Detroit and current president of Broadside Lotus Press Christopher Rutherford too discuss the power of poetry as a catalyst for liberation movements. 

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