OUR AFRICAN WORLD

Robin Malan has gathered together in this collection, poems that will be of interest to younger readers. The poems are drawn from writers of all ages, some professional writers, and others school students making their first attempts at writing a poem. The collection will be useful to all teachers looking for African material to use with their classes. It will be of interest to read-ers of all ages and backgrounds, whether African or otherwise.

Robin Malan is the compiler and editor of various well-known school anthologies of poems and short stories, including English Alive, and is the Chairperson of the South African national section of the International Board on Books for Young People. Robin has taught English and Drama at vari-ous institutions, including the universities of Cape Town and Stellenbosch. In 2001, he was awarded the Molteno Medal for Lifetime Service to Literature.

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