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The possibility of inclusivity: A review of The Cambridge History of South African Literature

Andries Oliphant 2012-09-26 "Fully aware of the pitfalls lurking below the surface, [Attridge and Attwell] jettisoned the monological or monofocal approach used in the histories of Kannemeyer and Chapman to opt for a multi-authored dialogical approach."

"South African literature is not South African English literature": Linda Kwatsha reviews The Cambridge History of South African Literature

Linda Kwatsha 2012-09-26 "In order to understand the present it is important to look back at the past. This volume is an answer to those who want to understand the beginnings of African literature, the ups and downs of its development, up to its current situation. The history of a country plays a role in the literature of that particular country."

Toward an inclusive literary history: Three scholars review The Cambridge History of South African Literature

2012-09-26 Three experts in Afrikaans, general literary theory and African literature share their impressions of The Cambridge History of South African Literature, a volume about South African literature that covers all eleven of South Africa's official languages. The book is edited by Derek Attridge and David Attwell.

"Poems are nets of thought": Dan Wylie on the legacy of Don Maclennan

Elzette Steenkamp, Dan Wylie 2012-09-21 Elzette Steenkamp speaks to Dan Wylie about 'No other world' – essays on the life-work of Don Maclennan.

Open Book Festival Cape Town (20 - 24 September 2012)

2012-09-20 The Open Book Festival 2012 takes place in Cape Town from 20 - 24 September 2012.

Photos: Zoë Wicomb and the Translocal

Imke van Heerden Books and writers 2012-09-20

Last week eminent writers, scholars and students travelled to the University of York, UK, from as far as Padua, Nashville, Adelaide and Stellenbosch to attend Zoë Wicomb and the Translocal: Scotland and South Africa.

Owner and cat

Gail Dendy 2012-09-19 Gail Dendy explores the ritual of choosing a pet and preparing for his life-long stay.

Dans Dans Lisa's music video for "Die ouer ek"

2012-09-19 "“We love the video. It’s always fun to be part of something that hasn’t been done before. It was definitely the most fun shoot we’ve ever been a part of. We weren’t part of the planning or concept – we just pitched up and did what we were asked to do."

ATKV-Muziq winners Dylan and Cherilee on being the US percussion "twins"

Dylan Tabisher, Cherilee Adams, Naomi Meyer 2012-09-18 Cherilee Adams (23) and Dylan Tabisher (23) are known as the US Percussion Duo. They are both master’s degree students and won the 2012 ATKV-Muziq competition.

Beverly Rycroft wen die Ingrid Jonker-prys vir Engelse poësie 2012 | Beverly Rycroft wins the Ingrid Jonker prize for English poetry 2012

2012-09-14 “Deur die vaevuur van siekte toon Rycroft te alle tye waardering van dít wat elders gebeur ten spyte van persoonlike lyding en herinner só aan W.H. Auden se ‘Musée des Beaux Arts’.”

Ard Matthews on First Offerings

Henry Cloete, Ard Matthews 2012-09-13 "It wasn't so much an evolution as much as it was a gesture or challenge to myself to do one album by myself."

Biko: The biography deur Xolela Mangcu

2012-09-12 ’n Omvattende kyk na die lewe van Steve Biko, sekerlik een van die mees invloedryke politieke figure uit Suid-Afrika se moderne geskiedenis.

Lark: Gong is Struck "more tribal"

Henry Cloete, Inge Beckmann 2012-09-12 "We have all been busy with other work. I have been doing as much as I can to stay busy and keep the pot boiling this side."

Cardiac arrest

Gail Dendy 2012-09-11 Gail Dendy describes a cardiac event.

No haikus

Gail Dendy 2012-09-06 Gail Dendy pleads you to abstain ... from writing haikus!

Who is African and who is not?

Christo van der Rheede 2012-09-06 "Well, I am an African and owe it not to my blackness, brownness or whiteness, but to my Khoisan, Malabar slave, Xhosa, Dutch, French, German and Scottish forefathers who embraced this continent with their hearts and souls, who made it their home and who developed this country."

Reader's review: Impressions of Adventures of a Waterboy

Nadia de Kock 2012-09-05 "Scott is an accomplished musician and lyricist, as well as an entertaining writer. His writing is engaging and vivid (give or take a cliché or two) and he has a knack for characterisation that would probably make him the envy of seasoned novelists."

Marikana

Heidi Henning 2012-08-31 "This stretch of land
has known battles
long into the backlog of time"

Author of The Book of War, James Whyle, in conversation with Janet van Eeden

Janet van Eeden 2012-08-30 "Whyle’s marriage of history with fine craftsmanship has shot him straight to the forefront of our writing community. His style is inimitable, his ways with language poetic, and he can hold his own against the few literary giants who have emerged from this continent."

African Library: The Great Agony and Pure Laughter of the Gods

Annie Gagiano 2012-08-30 "Safari’s text is harrowing to read for most of its length, but is a rich work in the breadth of its reach, though so unassumingly presented."