The South African novelist messes with the line between fiction and non-fiction.
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Driven by social justice, he showed that all people are capable of both good and evil.
A psychologist and a literary scholar analyse Faceless, a powerful novel about homeless children - and their mothers.
Born 100 years ago this year, Africa’s most legendary filmmaker - and a prolific novelist -remains relevant through his beautifully crafted political works.
The new novel by Nigerian icon Wole Soyinka is at once satire, political thriller and tragedy. It is the work of a great writer that marks the destruction of postcolonial reason.
According to a new book, the friendships among women in the novel reveal its author Sol T. Plaatje’s view of effective political struggle.
Western critics hailed the 1952 book as a great work of African fantasy. In fact it’s better understood as a pioneering work of African science fiction.
In each of his novels, he explored questions that shifted South Africa’s cultural debates, especially about memory and race.
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Professor of Modern Literature, University of York
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Nelson Mandela University
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Professor of English, University of Johannesburg
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Senior Lecturer in English, University of Cape Coast
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Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, University of Adelaide
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Associate professor, University of Johannesburg
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Chief Albert Luthuli Research Chair, University of South Africa
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Professor of French language, French and Francophone Literature, University of Windsor
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Professor of French and Postcolonial Studies, University of Strathclyde
