Madeleine Van Biljon, South African writer

Date: 1995 - 2005 [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]

Region: Africa [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|{location3}]]

Subject: Religious [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]

Medium: Literature [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]

Artist: Madeleine Van Biljon

Confronting Bodies: Afrikaan Language and Culture Association

Dates of Action: May 1998

Location: South Africa

Description of Artwork: Van Biljon admitted to "Finesse," a magazine for Christian women, that she did not believe in the Christian religion.

The Incident: Van Biljon is a well-known Afrikaner writer. She won an award from the Afrikaans Language and Culture Association(ATKV)for her work. The ATKV was the cultural arm of the Afrikaner Broederbond, a political mafia behind the National Party government responsible for the aparteid. The award was taken away from Van Biljon on the grounds that it was "only for Christians."

Results of Incident: The ATKV detracted Van Biljon's prize

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