Moloise File

Publication Instance Details #890

Publication Overview

Translation	Is Multilingual	Explicit Irish Context?	Ekphrasis	Has Paratext?	Reference to News, Media or Technology
No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No

Details

Human Rights Issues	Death Penalty/Unlawful Detention/Incarceration Racism/anti-Semitism/Sectarianism State Violence Democracy/elections/public participation
Irish Context	Specific Irish place or place-name mentioned Other
Languages	Irish
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Paratext Text	Bású Benjamin Moloise, file, san Aifric Theas, i bhFómhar na bliana 1985, ba chúis leis an bpíosa seo. Fómhar 1985
Notes	The poem laments the death of poet Benjamin Moloise, who was killed by the South African state for the alleged murder of a policeman. The ANC claimed responsibility for the deaths, yet Moloise was still executed, despite international pleas for clemency. On his execution worldwide protests broke out. The speaker of the poem describes a march held for Moloise in Kilkenny, one of many around the world that were organised in the wake of Moloise's killing.