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LITERATURE - MAJOR WORKS
The Sestigers by breaking with the past, and introducing the European innovations, to tackle the political, social and sexual problems of the society and eventually led to a phenomenal growth in the Afrikaans art in later decades. Judy H. Gardner calls the writings of die Sestigers "literature in exile in its own country".[4] In her biography of Ingrid Jonker, Louise Viljoen calls die Sestigers, "a cultural revolt within the heart of Afrikanerdom".
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ABOUT THE AFRIKAANS LANGUAGE