The child is the dark shadow of soulders on guard with rifles saracens and batons the child present at all assemblies and law giving a the child peers through the windows of houses and into the hearts of mothers this child who just wanted to play in the sun at nygana is everywhere the child grown to a man treks through africa. in this excerpt from ingrid jonkers poem, the child is not dead "the child" most likely refers to ___ a. the system of apartheid b. the struggle for freedom c. the racism in every country d. the corruption in government

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Guadalupe Galloway

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30 August, 18:03

The child is the dark shadow of soulders on guard with rifles saracens and batons the child present at all assemblies and law giving a the child peers through the windows of houses and into the hearts of mothers this child who just wanted to play in the sun at nygana is everywhere the child grown to a man treks through africa. in this excerpt from ingrid jonkers poem, the child is not dead "the child" most likely refers to ___ a. the system of apartheid b. the struggle for freedom c. the racism in every country d. the corruption in government

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Koen Odonnell · Answer 1

B. The struggle for freedom

Explanation:

Ingrid Joker's (born 1933) poem "The Child is not dead" is about a one year child who was shot dead during apartheid in South Africa. By this poem she wants to convey that the child is not dead but he is alive in the form of people's fight for freedom, and in news coverage his death is getting throughout the world. Child's death has sparked many protests through the country to infuse a new spirit to the movement of freedom.