According to their web site, "Aluka is an international, collaborative initiative building an online digital library of scholarly resources from and about Africa. ‘Aluka’, is derived from a Zulu word meaning ‘to weave’, reflecting our commitment to connect resources and scholars from around the world."
I think I'm honoured that something that I wrote is in an academic archive like that.
The Staffrider edition that I contributed to is Staffrider Vol.9 No.1 1990. It was published by the now-defunct Ravan Press. I was 23 years old then.
I think I contributed to one or two more editions, but after so many years, my mind is hazy on that. I didn't keep the clips, unfortunately.
I tried to download a PDF of the journal, just so I could reread my poem, but one needs to be logged onto the library's private network to gain access.
The library is available to educational institutions and non-profits, among others, and I don't really qualify.
But I'm going to email them to find out if they could, maybe, email me a PDF of that particular issue.
It would be nice to see the work I did half my lifetime ago.
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