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Short Stories by Gordimer, Ndebele and the DRUM Writers - Dr Nwabisa Bangeni (Stellenbosch University)
Dr Nwabisa Bangeni from Stellenbosch University discusses short stories by Nadine Gordimer, Njabulo Ndebele, and the group of writers...
3 days ago2 min read
Zoë Wicomb's Playing in the Light: Terror in the Domestic Space - Aika Swai (UCT)
Aika Swai from the University of Cape Town begins her mini-lecture by offering an introduction to the writer, Zoë Wicomb, who was born in...
May 102 min read
The Disgrace Controversy - Professor David Attwell (University of York)
Professor David Attwell, Emeritus Professor at the University of York and Extraordinary Professor at the University of the Western Cape,...
May 102 min read
'The Situation' by Sydney Clouts - Professor Dan Wylie (Rhodes University)
What can a poem tell us about the world when it seems to tell us nothing at all? In this video lecture, Professor Dan Wylie (Rhodes...
May 91 min read
Adam Small's 'What About De Lô' - Dr Emma Barnes (University of Salford)
Dr. Emma Barnes from the University of Salford analyses an English translation of Adam Small’s poem ‘What About de Lô’ (What About the...
May 92 min read
Coetzee's Women Narrators - Professor Carrol Clarkson (University of the Western Cape)
In this lecture, Professor Carrol Clarkson from the University of the Western Cape discusses J.M. Coetzee’s women narrators, examining...
May 81 min read
Can Themba's 'The Suit' - Professor Jade Munslow Ong (University of Salford)
In this lecture, Professor Jade Munslow Ong (University of Salford) discusses ‘The Suit’, a short story by Can Themba that was first...
May 82 min read
Kopano Matlwa's Coconut - Dr Lynda Gichanda Spencer (Rhodes University)
In this lecture, Dr Lynda Gichanda Spencer from Rhodes University discusses Kopano Matlwa’s Coconut (2007), a novel that explores the...
May 82 min read
The ‘Jim Comes to Joburg’ Trope in Literature and Film - Simon Stanton-Sharma (University of Salford)
In this lecture, Simon Stanton-Sharma, Lecturer in Film, Television and Digital Media at the University of Salford, explores the 'Jim...
May 12 min read
'Maroon Jersey' by Jeremy Cronin - Dr Mark Espin (University of the Western Cape)
In this lecture, Dr. Mark Espin from the University of the Western Cape analyses the poem ‘Maroon Jersey’ by Jeremy Cronin through a...
Oct 10, 20241 min read
The New Woman and Olive Schreiner's The Story of an African Farm - Dr Hannah Helm
Dr. Hannah Helm from the University of Salford introduces the late Victorian concept of the New Woman – a figure associated with the...
Oct 9, 20242 min read
Amazwi South African Museum of Literature - Crystal Warren (Curatorial Division)
From a single shelf in the Rhodes University Library to a national cultural institution housing 111,000 manuscripts - discover the...
May 28, 20241 min read
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