Academics and writers share information at UFS Conference
By Flaxman Qoopane and Vangile GantshoThe African Century International African Writers Conference held at the University of Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa on 7-10 November 2012, gave a...
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SOL PLAATJE
SOL PLAATJE (1876 – 1932)Selected WorksSechuana Proverbs with literal Translations and their European EquivalentsNative Life in South Africa“…Plaatje’s tactical humility which is consciously undercut...
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DOCUMENTARY FILM ON OMOSEYE BOLAJI PRODUCED
Documentary film on Omoseye Bolaji produced Title‘Home away from home' Director/ Producer/ EditorWinnie Mokhomo (below)Camera/SoundSiphiwe LindaTechnical assistanceItumeleng SwartzPaul...
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GILBERT MODISE
Gilbert Modise (1964 - 2002)Gilbert Modise was born in 1964 in Batho township, Mangaung (Free State, South Africa). He obtained his secondary education at Sehunelo High School in Bloemfontein, and...
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TALKING BONES
A short story by Maxwell Perkins KanemanyangaDateline: November 20 1999...The sun is shining, the weather is fine. It is 19 years since Rhodesia became a free country Zimbabwe. Nyanga a district...
View ArticleDISTINGUISHED CRITIC EUSTACE PALMER ALSO A NOVELIST
His novel:Book: A Tale of Three WomenAuthor: Eustace PalmerPublisher: Africa World PressEustace Palmer is world famous as one of the pioneer academic critics of African literature. His study An...
View ArticleEs'kia Mphahlele's Down Second Avenue revisited
Book: Down Second AvenueAuthor: Es'kia MphahleleThe author of this great work, Pa Es’kia Mphahlele breathed his last after a long fruitful life (he was almost 90 when he departed this world) Mphahlele...
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TIISETSO THIBA'S NEW POEMS!
TEARS OF JOY By TIISETSO M THIBATecolote ranunculus flower' scentIts smell so sweet like your heady scentIt reminds me of you when you are not aroundAnd I dream of you when my head Hits the pillow...
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VUSI GUMBI'S Don't kill the dead
Book: Don't kill the deadAuthor: Vusi GumbiA shocking, brilliant novel in many ways - penned by a Black South African. From the outset we are surprised to learn that the protagonists are mainly white,...
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Celebrating African literary critics
By Christine MautjanaBecoming a writer or rather a published writer seems fraught with fears and difficulty especially for us women. Most of the time we seem to want and change and chop a lot, revise...
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CHINUA ACHEBE (1930 - 2013)
Ishmael Mzwandile Soqaga's tribute to the peerless AchebeSincerely, sorrow and poignant lamentations has visited Africa, men and women, young and great are urged to observe a moment of silence. Africa...
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Matshidiso’s literary debut
The frisson of excitement is gathering pace as female poet, Matshidiso P. Taleng launches her maiden book, titled “Secrets” this week in South Africa. She vouchsafes: “I was born here in the Free State...
View ArticleShimmer Chinodya
Mention outstanding Zimbabwean male authors and many aficionados of African literature will reel out the names of Dambudzo Marechera, Charles Mungoshi, Chenvrai Hove – but a fair amount will of course...
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THROBBING SA BLACK LITERATURE
“A miniature steaming marsh of a literary-critical work celebrating SA Black writing over the years. There is a lot to celebrate about the pleasing essayistic saunter that pervades many of the...
View ArticleTSELISO MASOLANE'S PUNGENT POETRY
Review by Pule LechesaBook: Bo naka di maripaAuthor: TSELISO MASOLANEPublished: 2012The recently appointed multi-faceted Sesotho Literary Museum Curator, Tseliso Masolane has published his...
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SOQAGA'S SECOND BOOK
Book: Promoting Quintessential African Writing (2013)Author: Ishmael Mzwandile Soqaga"this is an excellent introduction to the corpus of writing churnedout by black africans over the centuries,...
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GRACE OGOT'S NEW BOOK
Grace Akinyi Ogot is woman who has powerfully influenced East Africa’s literary narrative and played a public role not only in medicine and community development but also in parliamentary politics.She...
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MAXWELL PERKINS KANEMANYANGA'S THIRD BOOK
Book: ChapindapasiAuthor: Maxwell Perkins KanemanyangaPublisher: Eselby Jnr PublicationsIsbn: 978-0-620-56897-5“Maxwell Perkins Kanemanyanga is a young Zimbabwean writer based in the Free State, South...
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The Narrow Path
Francis Selormey (1927 - 1983) will probably be always remembered for his excellent novel, The Narrow Path. Selormey, a Ghanaian, was a novelist, teacher, scriptwriter and sports administrator. He...
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