South African Literature and Culture: Rediscovery of the OrdinaryDescribed as a prophet of the post-apartheid condition, Njabulo Ndebele is a prize-winning author, poet and critic and one of the leading lights in South Africa's literary world. These essays, beginning in 1984, were written over the storm years of the democratic struggle and are reprinted here with a new introduction by Graham Pechey. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION BY GRAHAM PECHEY1 | 1 |
TURKISH TALES AND SOME THOUGHTS | 17 |
POPULAR CULTURE | 75 |
SOCIAL CHANGE IN SOUTH AFRICA98 | 98 |
TOWARDS PROGRESSIVE CULTURAL PLANNING117 | 117 |
AGAINST PAMPHLETEERING THE FUTURE129 | 129 |
THE WRITERS MOVEMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA140 | 140 |
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