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Poet and wrtier Breyten Breytenbach in Paris, France, 1982. (Photo by Patrick SICCOLI/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

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Anthony Akerman on the warmth of Breyten Breytenbach in exile

Akerman’s memoir reflects on exile and meeting Breytenbach

Anthony Akerman

Reunited: Anthony Akerman with his birth mother in 1990

A return to the literal motherland

This extract from playwright Anthony Akerman’s memoir tells of coming home after 17 years’ exile

Anthony Akerman