Obituary: Adam Small, 'Kaaps' poet who set himself up against Afrikaner establishment

Adam Small, who has died in Cape Town at the age of 79, was an Afrikaans poet, playwright and philosopher of almost legendary status in the Western Cape during apartheid.When he published, it was an event. When he spoke, people listened.However, for 30 years he did neither. In 1983 he went into a period of self-imposed silence that only ended in 2013.