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Innholdsfortegnelse
1A and 1B
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An analysis of the poem “My Voice” by Nthateng Machaea
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Utdrag
The text “A long-term threat to our common security” by Ann Linde and Teresa Ribiero is about the negative development of the journalist profession and the medias freedom.

More specifically it dives into how female journalists are especially targeted and how the trust in media is decreasing.

The text tries to communicate the importance of acknowledging the issues journalists and medias face, while urging individuals to help combat them.

First of all, it wants states to not discredit the media and enforce measures restricting freedom of speech. However, the text states stresses that “the battle starts with you and me”.

The least one can do is be aware of the threats media and journalist face. More importantly, citizens can help silence this threat by showing their trust in media and especially supporting journalist that are oppressed.

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The apartheid regime in South Africa is one of the world’s most notorious examples of discrimination and racial segregation.

Indeed, the level of suppression carried out by the regime was unprecedented in modern history. Upon independence from British rule, a white minority continued to wield power in South Africa.

While racial discrimination had existed for several decades, the newly independent country adopted apartheid – a policy of governance that justified racism and discrimination of the non-white majority population of the country.

Even after apartheid was abolished in 1991, the transition to a more unified society remained complicated, and progress towards political and social equality was slow (Britannica, 2022).

The poem “My Voice”, written in 2014 by Nthateng Machaea, is about giving voice to the voiceless and highlights the various inequalities that continue to characterize South African society today.

While attending Kayamandi High School, at a time when she felt it was “good to be African” (ONE, 2014), she articulated the hopes and aspirations of many Black South Africans.

This text will interpret some of the literary devices used in the poem and analyze the meaning behind them.

I will thereafter examine what they tell us about the message behind the poem. The most noticeable literary device in the poem is the repetition of the phrase “my voice”, which is also the title of the poem.