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Tag: South African Literature
9 Books For People Who “Don’t Have Time To Read”
By Megan Thomas I hear people say things like, "I love reading, I just don't have the time", a lot. But I genuinely think that the only reason people think this is true is because they're imagining trying to get stuck into The Lord Of The Rings or War and Peace between tube stations or…
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A Family Affair
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single woman of childbearing age must be in want of a husband"
A Year In The Wild
Email exchanges between two brothers having a rather different experience of the South African bush...
The Gold Diggers
“We all know our final destination but we have no idea what will cross our path as we journey there.”
You Will Be Safe Here
“Above all this the stars shine."
The Woman Next Door
"Hating, after all, was a drier form of drowning."
What If There Were No Whites In South Africa?
“When black fury meets white denial, you have the combustible and fundamentally changed race relations we live in today.”
The Native Commissioner
“If you could read the secret history of your enemies, you should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostilities.”
Woza Albert
A striking, confrontational and unmistakably brilliant exhibit of South African theatre.
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