
The Execution of Josef Fourie
In this poem, the Dutch poet Albert Verwey criticises the execution of Boer rebel Josef Fourie by the pro-British government of South Africa. Verwey defends the rights of the Dutch-speaking Afrikaners…
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Themes: Race; Poem; Neutrality; Imperial Strategy
Tags:
anti-British, Boer war, Dutch, Great Netherlands, Poem, poet, Race, South Africa, The Netherlands