Whose Language? Afrikaans in Post-apartheid South Africa by Isaac Goldstein

Explore the ties between language and identity in South Africa with two women who see Afrikaans as the language of reconciliation.

Two women in South Africa are currently challenging the assumption that Afrikaans is solely the language of the oppressor. One is a poet. The other runs a community radio station. Through a retelling of the true history of the language and the people who created the language, words arise that begin to break down the ties between language and identity over 20 years post-apartheid: “you can’t blame a language for what a group of people did with it.”

Producer: Isaac Goldstein
Music: The last offering, Sunhiilow
No sudden movements, Rui
Magic Torquoise, Sunhiilow
Butterfly Lullaby, Possimiste