Afternoon tea in the garden and the best of Diana Ferrus

Diana Ferrus (born 29 August 1953, Worcester, Western Cape) is a multi award winning South African writer, poet and storyteller of mixed Khoisan and slave ancestry. Her work is published in Afrikaans and English. Ferrus leads writing workshops in Cape Town and Ferrus is best known for her poem"I have come to take you home. A poem about Sarah Baartman, a South African woman taken to Europe under false pretenses and paraded as a curiosity. She wrote the poem in 1998 while studying at Utrecht University. The popularity of this poem is widely believed to be responsible for the return of Bartmann's remains to South Africa.The poem was published into a French law.

Ferrus is a founder of the Afrikaans Skrywersvereniging (ASV), Bush Poets, and Women in Xchains. She has a publishing company called Diana Ferrus Publishers and has co-edited and published a collection of stories about fathers and daughters and recently announced her latest book called "Die Vrede Kom Later".

The Koena Art Institute is proud to bring Diana into your homes with an online streaming event. Come and spend the afternoon over tea with Dianna in her garden. She will be present her most loved poems and share their beautiful origins and stories with you. Diana will also do a special never seen before readings and introduction to her book. As we draw close to Heritage day Diana wishes to pay homage to culture through this event. A performance not be be missed. 20% of proceeds are donated to the development of the endangered South African Khoisan language. The /Nuu language.