One World Cafe Virtual Reading Series - Diana Ferrus

Diana Ferrus is a writer and performance poet. Her poem, “I have come to take you home - a tribute to Sarah Baartman” was instrumental in the return of the 19th century figure’s remains to her home in South Africa. Ferrus was born in 1953 in Worcester, 100 km from Cape Town, a town known for its vineyards and wine. She completed her secondary education at Esselen Park High School in Worcester and her tertiary education at the University of the Western Cape, where she currently works as an administrator in the Department of Industrial Psychology.Ferrus has attended several literature festivals internationally, including the International Poetry Festival in North and South Korea in 2005. She received two awards for her work, including one from the Department of Arts and Culture for her work with grassroots women writers. In addition, she established her own little publishing house and hopes to publish writers who would not normally be published by mainstream publishers. Ferrus published her first Afrikaans poetry collection, “Ons Komvandaan,” and co-edited “Slaan vir my ‘n masker, Vader,” a book on fathers. She released a CD of storytelling with musical accompaniment. Her next publication will be an English collection of poetry entitled,”I have come to take you home.

Daddy 

Roots 

Journeys 

Tribute to Sarah Bartman