This tribute to Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela acknowledges his achievement through a focus on his writings and sayings. Touching on his speeches, letters, conversations, extracts from his previously unpublished writings and his insights on the occasion, the tribute turns to the life that is portrayed in the autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom. This is an autobiography ...

"I suggest that the New Black Poetry of the Seventies in South Africa or, as it is also known, Soweto Poetry retains significance 50 years after it initially began to appear in print and on the platform. To grant substance to my claim, I return the poetry to the purpose of its time (in political crisis), then reflect on its contribution to post-apartheid times."

It is said that in the years 2000 + 20, literature has rejected depth for surface; at least in 'New World' societies of shallow tradition. From the United States, we hear that the sign of the times is "reality hunger", an aesthetic not of exploration, but of affect; a structure not of intricate plot, but of plotlessness; of facts that eclipse imagination.|If seriou...

It is said that in the years 2000 + 20, literature has rejected depth for surface; at least in 'New World' societies of shallow tradition. From the United States, we hear that the sign of the times is "reality hunger", an aesthetic not of exploration, but of affect; a structure not of intricate plot, but of plotlessness; of facts that eclipse imagination.|If seriou...