Contents
Festival Director’s Foreword.................... 1
Programme.............................................. 2
Folu Agoi................................................. 4
E.K.M. Dido............................................. 5
Sibongile Fisher....................................... 6
Fred Khumalo.......................................... 7
Bronwyn Law-Viljoen............................... 8
Unathi Magubeni..................................... 9
Ralph Mathekga.................................... 10
Dale T. McKinley.................................... 11
Zakes Mda............................................. 12
Nomsa Mdlalose................................... 13
Sabata-Mpho Mokae............................ 14
Lidudumalingani Mqombothi................. 15
Khethani Njoko...................................... 16
Usha Roopnarain................................... 17
Megan Ross.......................................... 18
Nakanjani Sibiya.................................... 19
Nkosinathi Sithole................................. 20
Film and Literature................................. 21
Mazisi Kunene Book Launch ................ 23
Facilitators............................................. 24
Hosts..................................................... 25
Musicians.............................................. 26
School Programme................................ 28
Campus Focus...................................... 29
Book Launches..................................... 30
Previous Participants............................. 31
Acknowledgements............................... 32
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Festival Director’s Foreword
In South Africa, a country whose identity
on the
has been shattered and remolded by
African
the successive evil-trinity of colonial
continent
politics, apartheid and mass culture,
and beyond.
writing cannot, in its honest sense,
These include
afford to distance itself from the quest
Ngũngĩ wa
of reclaiming that which is lost, or
Thiong’o, Es’kia
guard that which is under threat. Two
Mphahlela
decades into the democratic experiment,
Lauretta Ngcobo,
central beliefs that the new political
Ali Mazrui,
dispensation claimed to stand for — that
Njabulo Ndebele, Sindiwe Magona, Kole
is equality, diversity and free expression
Omotoso, Mbulela Mzamane, André
— are arguably under threat. Numbers
Brink, Dennis Brutus, Kofi Awoonor,
of citizens who register to vote are
Chris Abani, Lewis Nkosi, Miriam Tlali,
gradually dropping, revealing that young
Albie
people have lost hope in politics. The
Breytenbach, Mandla Langa, Patrick
yawning cleavage between our highly
Bond and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
rated constitution and its implementation
Our success stories are, of course, not
— or lack thereof — reminds us that
about well-acclaimed names we hosted,
laws and legal processes are never self-
but rather about the unknown made
executive. Without accountable human
known by this platform.
Sachs,
Zakes
Mda,
Breyten
agency and an institution to activate
them, they will remain nothing beyond a
This year marks two decades after
piece of paper. Ethnic intolerance, racial
Time of the Writer was established,
attacks, and students’ unrest strongly
and a century after the sinking of SS
suggest that humanity is somewhat out
Mendi. Most remarkably, it marks 45
of balance. Heart-sagging corruption
years after the English translation of (the
and the mismanagement of government
late) Professor Mazisi Kunene’s Empire
institutions also turn liberation into a
Shaka, The Great was published. We are
mirage before billions and billions of
honoured that the original isiZulu version
hungry and caged citizens.
of the book, uNodumehlezi kaMenzi, will
be launched for the first time during the
Time of the Writer is an unmatched
festival, attesting to the University of
reflective platform that allows knowledge
KwaZulu-Natal’s commitment to close
and cultural producers to unpretentiously
the gap between learning institutions and
define, examine, realign or underline the
the community. Ladies and gentlemen,
burning philosophic and political issues
welcome to the 20th edition of Time of
facing the globe. This festival is a battlefield
the Writer!
and a bedroom of hypothesis where new
layers of meaning are courageously
Ngiyabonga.
revealed. Having hosted Africa’s pick of
the crop in the literary milieu, Time of the
Writer has, over the past 19 years, proven
as one of the premier literary platforms
David wa Maahlamela
Director: Centre for Creative (UKZN)
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Programme
Monday, 13 march
Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre: Festival Opening Host: Siphindile Hlongwa
Music: Innocent Mutero
19:00 Introductory Remarks: David wa Maahlamela
Welcome: Professor Stephen Mutula, Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Humanities
MEC Mrs Bongiwe Sithole-Moloi, KwaZulu-Natal Department of Arts and Culture
Reflecting on 20 Years of Time of the Writer: Dr Gcina Mhlope
Presentation of Participants:
Bronwyn Law-Viljoen, Dale McKinley, EKM Dido, Folu Agoi, Fred Khumalo, Khetani Njoko,
Lidudumalingani Mqombothi, Megan Ross, Nakanjani Sibiya, Nkosinathi Sithole, Nomsa
Mdlalose, Ralph Mathekga, Sabata-Mpho Mokae, Sibongile Fisher, Unathi Magubeni, Usha
Roopnarian, Zakes Mda.
TUESday, 14 march
Mpumalanga Library, G1710 Shezi Road, Mpumalanga, Hammarsdale, 3699 – 031 771 0603
10:00 – 11:00
Author’s Journey: Zakes Mda
11:00 – 12:00 Language of the Heart and Soul: Nakanjani Sibiya, Sabata-Mpho Mokae
Facilitator: Russel Hlongwane
12:00 – 13:00 Pain of the Land: Zakes Mda, Folu Agoi Facilitator: Ruth Teer-Tomaselli
Workers’ College - 127 Magwaza Maphalala (Gale) Street, 3rd Floor, James Bolton Hall – 031 304 0260
10:00 – 11:00
Writers Visit: Khethani Njoko, Ralph Mathekga
Mangosuthu University of Technology, 511 Mangosuthu Highway, Umlazi (Cecil Renaud Lecture Hall)
11:30 – 12:30
078 821 2537
Writers Speak Out: Bronwyn Law-Viljoen, Dale McKinley, Unathi Magubeni
University of KwaZulu-Natal (PMB), English Department, King Edward Ave, Pietermaritzburg, 3209
14:10 – 15:10 033 260 5111
Writers Speak Out: Fred Khumalo
Evening ProgrammeHost: Mitchell Harper
Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre Music: Zama Khuzwayo
19:00
Writing A New South Africa: Bronwyn Law-Viljoen, Unathi Magubeni
Facilitator: Adarsh Maharaj Interval
Lest We Forget: Fred Khumalo, Usha Roopnarain, Facilitator: Shubnum Khan
WEDNESday, 15 march
KwaMashu Library, Malandela Rd, KwaMashu E, KwaMashu, 4360 - 031 503 0836
10:00 – 11:00 The Art of Writing: Bronwyn Law-Viljoen
Storytelling: Nomsa Mdlalose
11:00 – 12:00 Writing a New South Africa: Bronwyn Law-Viljoen, Unathi Magubeni
Facilitator: Ardash Maharaj
12:00 – 13:00 Lest We Forget: Fred Khumalo, Usha Roopnarain, Facilitator: Shubnum Khan
Wushwini Arts Centre, Mr 259 Rd, Ngcolosi (Near Inanda Dam) – 078 172 5154
11:30 – 12:30 Writers Visit: Lidudumalingani Mqobothi, Sabata-Mpho Mokae, Sibongile Fisher
Evening ProgrammeHost: Menzi Mhlongo
Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre Music: Amanda Kunene
19:00
The Art of Storytelling: Nomsa Mdlalose, Sibongile Fisher, Megan Ross
Facilitator: Shubnum Khan Interval
Intersection of Literature and Film: Jackie Motsepe, Lidudumalingani Mqombothi,
Busisiwe Ntintili
Facilitator: Anant Singh
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Programme
THURSday, 16 march
Bayview Library, 45 Turnstone Ave, Chatsworth, 4092 – 031 400 4666
10:00 – 11:00 Writers Talk – The Responsibility of Telling our own Stories: EKM Dido
11:00 – 12:00 The Art of Storytelling: Nomsa Mdlalose, Sibongile Fisher, Megan Ross
Facilitator: Shubnum Khan
12:00 – 13:00 Penning our Culture: EKM Dido, Unathi Magubeni, Facilitator: Menzi Mhlongo
KwaZulu-Natal Film Commission Offices, Musgrave Centre
10:00 – 10:45 From Novel to Script: Busisiwe Ntintili
11:00 – 12:00
Intersection of Literature and Film: Jackie Motsepe, Lidudumalingani Mqombothi,
Busisiwe Ntintili, Facilitator: Anant Singh
KwaZulu-Natal Society of the Arts, 166 Bulwer Road, Glenwood – 083 384 3660
12:00 – 13:00 Writers Speak Out: Zakes Mda, Sabata-Mpho Mokae
University of KwaZulu-Natal (Howard College), English Studies
12:15 – 13:15 Writers Speak Out: Ralph Mathekga
Evening ProgrammeHost: Hlengiwe Dladla
Music: Blvck Crystals
Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre 19:00
Reflections and Introspection: Nkosinathi Sithole, EKM Dido, Khethani Njoko
Facilitator: Tebogo Mzizi
Interval
How Ascending is the Descent? Dale McKinley, Ralph Methekga
Facilitator: David wa Maahlamela
FRIday, 17 march
Amanzimtoti Library, 1 Riverside Rd, Amanzimtoti, 4126 – 031 311 5882
10:00 – 11:00 Writing in my Language: Nakanjani Sibiya
11:00 – 12:00 Reflections and Introspection: Nkosinathi Sithole, EKM Dido, Khethani Njoko
Facilitator: Tebogo Mzizi
12:00 – 13:00 How Ascending is the Descent? Ralph Mathekga
Facilitator: David wa Maahlamela
Luthuli Museum, 3233 Nokukhanya Luthuli Street (Stanger) – 032 559 6822
11:00 – 12:00
Writers Visit: Folu Agoi, Unathi Magubeni
Evening ProgrammeHost: Xolile Radebe
Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre Music: Neo Dube
19:00
Language of the Heart and Soul: Nakanjani Sibiya, Sabata-Mpho Mokae
Facilitator: Russel Hlongwane Interval
Pain of The Land: Zakes Mda, Folu Agoi
Facilitator: Ruth Teer-Tomaselli
SATURday, 18 march
Ike’s Books and Collectables, 48A Florida Rd – 031 303 9214
Host: Katlego Taunyane
BOOK LAUNCHES
10:00 – 11:00 Finding My Family – Krish Govender
11:00 – 12:00 Psych Ward Blues – Hazel Tobo
Evening Programme
International Convention Centre (Durban ICC)
17:00 Launching of Mazisi Kunene’s uNodumehlezi Ka Menzi and Closing Ceremony
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Folu Agoi
Born Foluso Adedoyin Agoi
on 8 June 1965, at Ipe-Akoko, Ondo
State, Nigeria, Agoi is a creative and
academic writer, critic, literature activist,
book editor and teacher. He obtained
his Nigeria Certificate in Education in
English and Christian Religious Studies
from Lagos State College of Education,
B.Ed. in English and MEd in Educational
Management from Ondo State University,
Ado-Ekiti (now, Ekiti State University);
and M.A. in English Language from the
University of Lagos.
He is currently a lecturer at the
Department of English, School of
Languages, Michael Otedola College
of Primary Education (MOCPED), and
serves as guest lecturer of English and
Creative Writing at the National Broadcast
Academy, NBA (formerly Federal Radio
Corporation of Nigeria [FRCN] Training
School), GRA, Ikeja, Lagos. Agoi was
one of the seven writers from different
African countries who visited Germany
in November 2014 (at the invitation of
German PEN, an event sponsored by
the Foreign Office/Visitors Program of
the Federal Republic of Germany). His
work was recently featured in Service to
Fatherland.
1. An Offering of Olive – An Anthology of Peace
Literature (ed., 2004). Lagos: FLAG Publications.
ISBN 978 – 34398 – 3 – 9;
2. More Candid Lyrics – Another Anthology of Lyrical
Poetry (2001). Lagos: FLAG Publications.
ISBN 978 – 34398 – 2 – 0;
3. Candid Lyrics – An Anthology of Lyrical Poetry (2000).
Lagos: FLAG Publications.
ISBN 978 – 34398 – 1 – 2;
4. Towards Effective Use of English – A Grammar of
Modern English (1999; revised in 2003 and 2006).
Lagos: FLAG Publications. ISBN 978 – 34398 – 6 – 3.
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E.K.M. Dido
Dido was born and raised in Tsomo,
Transkei with two inborn indigenous
languages: Afrikaans and isiXhosa. Dido’s
dream was to become a school teacher.
However, financial circumstances at
home shattered this dream, and she had
to exit school with a Grade 10 certificate.
She obtained her Grade 12 certificate
after strenuous work; and immediately
enrolled at UNISA. She successfully
obtained her degrees in Nursing
Education, Nursing Administration, and
Community Health Nursing.
Dido was a lecturer until her
retirement, specialising in her favourite
subject: Ethos and Professional Practice.
She also writes short stories. Most of
her work is prescribed material for Grade
3-12 learners in SA and Namibia, and at
degree level in SA and abroad.
Dido received an Honorary Lib.
Doctorate degree from the University
of the Western Cape in 2003 for the
contribution she has made to literature.
In 2007, Dido was instrumental in
having Afrikaans acknowledged by the
International PEN as an indigenous
language of some inhabitants of South
Africa.
Dido is a published writer. Her first
book made her the first Coloured female
writer to publish in Afrikaans. She is
currently busy with her seventh novel,
which is based on contemporary issues
within her community.
1996: Kwela Publishers: Die Storie van Monica Peters
1997: Kwela Publishers: Rugdraai en Stilbly
2000: Kwela Publishers: ‘n Stringetjie Blou Krale
2003: Kwela Publishers: Die Onsigbares
2006: Umuzi Publishers: ‘n Ander Ek (translated into
Dutch: Een Ander Ik)
2009: UmuziStruik Publishers: Emma en Nella
2010: Suidoosterfees (Dido wrote a drama based on
her sixth book as demanded by the schools
and the SA public – for the Suidooster Festival)
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Sibongile
Fisher
Sibongile ‘Gratitude’ Fisher
is a poet, emerging writer and drama
facilitator from Johannesburg, South
Africa. She holds a BCom degree in
Marketing Management and a Higher
Certificate in Performing Arts and wishes
to pursue an MA in Creative Writing. She
is the co-founder of The Raising Zion
Foundation, an arts organisation that
focuses on promoting literature, poetry
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and the performing arts in high schools.
She is also the winner of the 2016
Short Story Day Africa Prize for her
short story A Door Ajar. Her short story
A Sea of Secrets, written for high school
learners, was published by Fundza
under their mentorship programme and
it appears in their it takes two! Volume 2
anthology.
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Fred Khumalo
Fred Khumalo is the author of
Dancing the Death Drill, Bitches’ Brew
(winner of the European Union Literary
Prize 2006 and taught at UCT and UJ)
and Seven Steps to Heaven, now a
prescribed work at University of South
Africa. His autobiography Touch My Blood
was shortlisted for the Alan Paton Prize
for Non-fiction 2007. A stage adaptation
of the book opened to full houses at
the annual Grahamstown National Arts
Festival in 2007, and was performed at
the Market Theatre in Johannesburg.
Having worked in the media for 28
years, he has won numerous awards for
his journalistic work. His unpublished
novel Run, Run, Run was shortlisted
for the inaugural Half the World Global
Literati Award 2016. He holds an MA
Creative Writing from the University of
the Witwatersrand, a National Diploma
in Journalism from the Durban University
of Technology, and was a Fellow at the
Nieman Foundation for Journalism at
Harvard University (2011 – 2012).
His short story Learning a New
Language received an Editor’s Choice
Honour in the annual Short-SharpStories 2016 Award; his short story
Legs of Thunder was shortlisted for the
Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2015,
while his other short story Water No Get
Enemy got an honourable mention in the
Short Story Day Africa 2015 contest. He
has held residencies at the Maison des
Ecrivains Etrangers et des Traducteurs
(The House of Foreign Writers and
Translators) in St Nazaire, France; the
Academy of the Arts of the World in
Cologne, Germany; the Johannesburg
Institute for Advanced Study; and the
Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced
Study. His new book #ZuptasMustFall
and Other Rants was published by
Penguin South Africa in August 2016. His
novel Dancing the Death Drill, inspired
by and based upon the sinking of the SS
Mendi, released in South Africa and the
UK in February 2017, to coincide with the
centenary commemoration of the historic
sinking.
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Bronwyn
Law-Viljoen
Bronwyn Law-Viljoen cofounded the independent publishing
company Fourthwall Books in 2010 to
produce and publish books in which
writing and images play equally important
roles. She was the editor of the arts
journal Art South Africa and, before that,
was an intern at the Aperture Foundation
in New York, which publishes fine art
photography books and a quarterly
photography magazine.
In 2011, she joined the School of
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Literature, Language and Media at Wits
University Creative Writing department,
where she supervises MA and PhD
students and convenes the MA and
Honours programmes. These two
aspects of her writing life inform her own
work and her philosophy of writing. She
believes that writers and visual artists
may learn a great deal from each other
about reading and about the various
processes that are engaged in the
making of a work of art.
C e n tr e for C r e ati v e A r ts
Unathi
Magubeni
Unathi Magubeni is an Eastern
Cape-based writer, sangoma and trainee
herbalist, who left the corporate world
in 2009. He published a collection of
poetry called Food for Thought in 2003.
Nwelezelanga: The Star Child is his debut
novel.
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Ralph
Mathekga
Ralph Mathekga is one of South
Africa’s leading political analysts. He taught
politics at the University of the Western
Cape and worked as a senior policy
analyst at the National Treasury. He is often
quoted by both local and international
media houses, and comments regularly
on television and radio. Ralph is currently
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completing a PhD in politics.
Having worked as a political analyst for
over a decade, he is often confronted with
a dilemma as to how to be fair and honest
in assessing the behaviours and conducts
of individuals whose decisions he might
not agree with. In 2016, he published his
book When Zuma Goes in 2016.
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Dale T. McKinley
Dr Dale T. McKinley was born
in Zimbabwe in 1962, and spent his
childhood and adolescence there during
the 1960s and liberation war of the
1970s. Leaving Zimbabwe just before
his 18th birthday to avoid the military
draft, made his way to the United States.
He attained a BA in Politics – History
(Magna cum Laude) and then a MA
and PhD in Politics – African Studies.
During his almost decade-long stay in
the USA, he was intensely involved in
political activities, specifically in the
anti-apartheid movement internationally,
anti-imperialist work in Central America,
local anti-racist struggles and general
student political activism. In 1990, he
returned home to southern Africa to
complete his doctorate on the African
National Congress (ANC), moving to
Johannesburg in early 1991, where he
has worked and lived since.
From 1991-1995, he ran/managed
a political bookshop (Phambili Books)
and was a full-time activist and elected
leader in the South African Communist
Party from 1995-2000 (before being
expelled for trying to be a communist).
Since 2000, he has been an independent
writer, researcher, lecturer and political
activist and has been deeply involved
in the South African social movement,
community and political struggles. This
includes being a co-founder and leader
of the Anti-Privatisation Forum and more
recently, a founder member and leader
of the Right2Know Campaign.
He occasionally lectures at university
level and gives regular talks/inputs to a
wide variety of organisations. His main
areas of research, writing and work over
the past twenty years have focused on
the contemporary political economy
of South and southern Africa, the
strategy and tactics of the ANC, popular
oral histories, government/corporate
secrecy, surveillance technologies and
the struggles of poor communities
for basic services and democratic
participation. He is the author of four
books, numerous chapters in edited
book collections and many articles in
popular magazines, as well as labour
and academic journals on a wide variety
of topics.
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Zakes Mda
Zakes Mda is the author of the
novels Ways of Dying and The Heart of
Redness, among many others. Born in
the Eastern Cape, but spent his early
childhood in Soweto, finishing his school
education in Lesotho. He is a prolific
writer of novels, plays, poems and articles
for academic journals and newspapers,
and his writing has been translated into
twenty languages. His creative work
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also includes painting, theatre and film
productions.
Mda, whose forebears were exiled
from Qumbu and relocated to Lesotho
after the assassination of Hamilton Hope,
is a recipient of South Africa’s Order of
Ikhamanga. He lives in Athens, Ohio,
where he spends his time writing and
teaching.
C e n tr e for C r e ati v e A r ts
Nomsa Mdlalose
Nomsa Mdlalose is a folklorist,
storyteller and writer. She is employed fulltime by Freedom Park Museum in Pretoria
as a senior storyteller. Currently Nomsa
is investing the Role of Storytelling NonGovernmental Organisations (NGOs) and
new storytelling styles that arose due
the existence of the organisations. She
lectures on African linguistics in the
African Languages department and
Storytelling for Drama for Life programme
at the Dramatic Arts Department, both at
Wits. She lectured on isiZulu oral and
written literature at the University of
Johannesburg.
She has self-published five children’s
books in four languages, isiZulu,
Setswana, Afrikaans and English. In
2013 she contributed a chapter in a
non peer-reviewed Freedom Park book:
Freedom Park, a Place for Emancipation
and Meaning. In 2014, she published in
the South African Museums Association
(SAMA) peer-reviewed paper entitled:
Storytelling at Freedom Park://Hapo
Interactive Space.
In 2015, two of her papers were
accepted for publications in two peerreviewed journals.
In 2016, she published an article
titled with the Oral History Journal of
South Africa (OHJSA): Storytelling as
a Method for Acquiring Mathematic
Understanding and Skill. Last year,
together with a colleague, she published
with Southern African Folklore Society
Journal an article titled: Synthesization
of Storytelling and Technology.
She is the founder of the storytelling
organisations Kwesukela Storytelling
Academy and Zintsomi Story Company.
She is married and practices Nichiren
Daishonin Buddhism.
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Sabata-mpho
Mokae
Sabata-Mpho Mokae is an
English and Setswana writer. He is the
author of The Story of Sol T Plaatje
biography, the youth novella Dikeledi
and poetry collection Escaping Trauma.
His first novel, Ga Ke Modisa, won the
M-Net Literary Award for Best Novel
in Setswana as well as the M-Net Film
Award in 2013. The same book has
become prescribed at the North West
University and the Central University of
Technology. Mokae also won the South
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African Literary Award in 2011. His
short story Down Sol Plaatje Drive, was
performed on stage during the Global
Express in Iowa City, USA in 2014. His
latest book Kanakotsame: In My Times,
a collection of short English stories,
was launched in 2015. In 2014, he was
a writer-in-residence at the University
of Iowa, USA. He is a creative writing
lecturer at the Sol Plaatje University in
Kimberley, South Africa.
C e n tr e for C r e ati v e A r ts
Lidudumalingani
Mqombothi
Lidudumalingani Mqombothi
is a writer, filmmaker and photographer
from Zikhovane in the Eastern Cape. In
2016, he was awarded the Caine Prize
for African writing for his short story
Memories We Lost and the Miles Morland
Scholarship, which will see him spend
a year writing his debut novel titled Let
Your Children Name Themselves. His
writing has appeared in newspapers,
online platforms and literature journals
like Chimurenga and Prufrock. His films
have been screened at international
festivals and his photographs exhibited
in Cape Town.
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Khethani Njoko
Khethani Njoko is an author,
motivational
speaker
and
social
entrepreneur. He has been awarded as
one of the top most inspiring student in
2014/2015 and 2016/2017 by University
of KwaZulu-Natal, the university where
he is currently finishing his BSoc Sci
degree. He was awarded the KwaZuluNatal Local Economic Development
Champion in 2015/2016.
Njoko is the author of the book
titled The Man in Me. The book seeks
to expose challenges that young and
old men face and the seven aspects
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that have shifted the conscience of men
from one direction to another, which
has resulted in the misbehaviour we
see in our men these days. In 2013, he
founded an organisation called Driving
to Success, which aims to inform young
people in KwaZulu-Natal about how to
access tertiary education, and Man in
Responsibility, which aims to put the men
of this country in their rightful position
which seems to have been distorted by
a number of factors that have occurred
throughout evolution.
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Usha
Roopnarain
Dr Usha Roopnarain is extremely
passionate about social justice issues,
especially gender and trying to motivate,
uplift and inspire women from all areas
of life – from deep rural areas to the
metropolis. She published her first novel
The Girl from Ceza in 2015.
After spending 14 years as a
parliamentarian and legislator, she
worked on the Health Portfolio
Committee where she studied and
witnessed the brutalities of AIDS ravaging
our province. Hence, she started writing
so that she could tell people that amidst
hopelessness there is hope, amidst
tragedy, there is a triumph. She has
a PhD in Political Science, a Masters
in Human Rights Law from Essex and
currently serves at the National English
Literary Museum. She believes that our
country can win this war against poverty,
HIV and AIDS through a writing and a
reading revolution.
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Megan Ross
Megan Ross is a writer, journalist
and mother from Gonubie, in the Eastern
Cape. She has worked as a feature writer
for publications like Glamour and in a
freelance capacity has written for GQ,
BooksLIVE and O, the Oprah Magazine.
Her first short story was published
alongside Caine prize-winning writers in
The Bed Book of Short Stories, which
was published by Modjaji Books and
edited by Joanne Hichens in 2008.
Since then, her fiction has featured in
Aerodrome Journal, Prufrock, Poetry
Pacific and Itch. Her short stories
were selected for several anthologies,
including the National Arts Festival Short.
Sharp. Awards anthology, Incredible
Journey, as well as the 2016 Short
Story Day Africa anthology, Water, for
which her story, Traces, was shortlisted.
Megan has been nominated twice for the
PEN International New Voices Award,
shortlisted for the Miles Morland Writing
Scholarship and longlisted for the
Writivism Prize. In 2016, she travelled to
Reyjavik as the first-ever Iceland Writers
Retreat Alumni Award winner, and her
story, Farang, won second-runner up in
the 2016 Short Story Day Africa Award.
It will be featured in the upcoming
Migrations anthology.
2008: Chickens and the Clinking of Glass, The Bed Book of Short Stories, Modjaji Books
2013: Almost Home, My Holiday Shorts, Black Letter Media
The Accidental Colour, Aerodrome Journal
The Accidental Colour, Itch, University of the Witwatersrand
2014: Peace and Order in Thailand, Prufrock magazine
The Vanishing Women, Poetry Pacific
The Accidental Colour, Aerodrome Journal
2015: The Island, The National Arts Festival Short.Sharp.Awards anthology, Incredible Journey
The Mechanics of Bruising, Prufrock magazine
2016: Language, a poem, Aerodrome Journal
Traces, The Short Story Day Africa Award anthology, Water, Hands on Books/Cassava
Republic Press
Vodka, a poem, This Woman Is.., anthology published by Black Letter Media
2017: Farang, The Short Story Day Africa Award anthology, Migrations, Hands on Books
Duiweltjie, The Writivism Prize anthology
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Nakanjani G.
Sibiya
Nakanjani G. Sibiya is a short
story writer, novelist, poet and playwright
who has authored, co-authored and
edited more than fifty isiZulu literary
works across genres. His debut novel,
Kuxolelwa Abanjani? won the 2003
M-Net Book Prize as well as the BW
Vilakazi Literary Award. In 2005, it was
awarded by the National Department
of Arts and Culture as the best isiZulu
novel published between 1994 and 2004.
He has also written several radio plays
for Ukhozi FM and local community
radio stations. In 2014, his drama titled
Ngikuthand’ukhona lapho won first prize
in the Maskew Miller Longman Drama
Awards.
He worked as an editor (African
Languages) for Shuter & Shooter
Publishers before moving to the
Department of Arts and Culture (KZN),
where he was responsible for literature
development. He currently works as
an isiZulu lecturer at the University of
KwaZulu-Natal.
Kwaze Kwalukhuni! (radio drama), 2001. Vivlia.
Kuxolelwa Abanjani? (novel), 2002. Shuter and Shooter.
Kuhlwa Ngomnyama (short stories), 2004. Macmillan.
Bengithi Lizokuna (novel), 2006. Shuter & Shooter.
Ngikuthand’ukhona lapho (drama), 2014. Pearson.
Ulozolo (short stories), 2014. Unisa Press.
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Nkosinathi
Sithole
Nkosinathi Sithole is an English
lecturer at the University of KwaZuluNatal, Pietermaritzburg. He studied
African Literature, History and IsiZulu at
the University of the Witwatersrand and
the University of KwaZulu-Natal, where
he attained his MA and PhD degrees in
English Studies. His first novel Hunger
Eats a Man (Penguin SA, 2015) won
the Sunday Times Barry Ronge Fiction
Prize and jointly won the University of
Johannesburg Debut Prize for South
African Literature in English.
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He started writing poems and short
stories in IsiZulu when he was still an
undergraduate student at the University
of the Witwatersrand. The collection
of IsiZulu short stories won the Ernst
van Heerden Creative Writing Award
in 1998. As an academic and writer he
is interested in the interface between
African-Languages writing/IsiZulu writing
and (South) African Literature by Black
writers. Hunger Eats a Man was initially
self-published with an IsiZulu version
called Indlala Idl’ Indoda.
Film and Literature
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Intersection of Literature and Film
THEME: The adaptation of literature into film and
the life and works of Junaid Ahmed
date: Wednesday, 15 March
Time: 19:00
Venue: Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre
PanelLists: Busisiwe Ntintili, Lidudumalingani
Mqombothi and Jackie Motsepe
facilitated by: Anant Singh
KwaZulu-Natal Film Commission
The KwaZulu-Natal Film Commission’s vision is to position KZN as
a globally competitive, diverse and sustainable film destination. One
of its objectives to promote and market the Province as a global
destination of choice for film production.
Busisiwe Ntintili
Busisiwe Ntintili is a multiple award-winning television writer, film
screenwriter, story editor, story liner, copywriter, scriptwriting
lecturer, director and producer. She is the Co-owner and
Managing Director of Sidewalk Productions. She holds a BA
(Honours) Degree in English Literature and French from Rutgers
University, New Jersey, USA.
Busisiwe has been working with the written word for close to
three decades. She produced her first professional play at the
tender age of 13 in the United States. Busisiwe focused her
creative talent on the stage, not only as a writer and director
of stage plays, but also as a trained contemporary dancer,
stage and choral singer, guitar and piano player and actress. Her scholarly achievements include
being a Who’s Who in America scholar, National Merit scholar, National Honours Society scholar,
University Dean’s List scholar, Golden Key scholar, Phi Beta Kappa scholar, Thornton Sisters
scholar and Rutgers Evelyn Hamilton Poetry Award recipient.
Since her return from the USA in 1999, where she spent twenty years of her life and received all
of her formal education, Busisiwe has written for some of the country’s most successful television
programmes. She created and wrote the hugely successful 2006 LoveLife TV campaign about
youth facing crossroads in the age of HIV. She was the head writer for the top-rated varsity drama
series Mutual Friends. She created and wrote a film about teen abstinence called The Bet for
the award winning Heartlines film series. She co-created and wrote for the award winning drama
series 4Play, Sex Tips for Girls, as well as writing for the Peabody award winning HIV drama
series Intersexions. Her mini-series Noah’s Ark, which she conceptualised, wrote, and executive
produced, was nominated for three SAFTA Awards in 2010: for Best Actor, Best Editing and Best
Mini-Series. In 2013, Busisiwe won the SAFTA Award for Best Writer for 4Play. Most recently, she
won the Mbokodo Arts Award for Best Film for writing the 2016 box office smash hit Happiness
is A Four Letter Word. She has directed television drama series, one-hour films, documentaries
such as the Parliamentary documentary on the 1956 Women’s March, and museum exhibitions,
most notably the Freedom Park Museum opening exhibition. Busisiwe has a deep passion for
developing young talent. She runs writing workshops for up and coming writers, has taught
scriptwriting at Big Fish Film School, the University of Johannesburg, and the Durban International
Film Festival.
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Film and Literature
Jacqueline Motsepe
Jacqueline Motsepe has over 15 years’ experience across a
broad spectrum of film, marketing, communications, promotions
and event management, both in South Africa and overseas. She
is currently employed at the KwaZulu-Natal Film Commission as
its Chief Operations Officer, a provincial body responsible for the
growth and development of the film industry in the province.
She has served as overall Co-Chairperson of the South African
Film and television awards, was appointed as President of the
Jury Video Films and Television Series at the Pan African Film
Festival FESPACO Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, and was
appointed the Head of Jury for Feature Films at the African
International Film Festival, Calabar, Nigeria.
Motsepe worked at the National Film and Video foundation for seven years from the inception
phase of the institution. As a member of the Executive responsible for Marketing and Public Affairs,
Ms Motsepe was tasked with the formulation of marketing, communications and stakeholder
strategies for the promotion of the South African film industry, from an investment and location
perspective. The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) is a statutory body promoting the
growth and development of the South African film industry.
Motsepe has worked at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) in various capacities
over the years. She has been the General Manager responsible for the acquisition of international
content for the three national television stations, and has developed a strategy for the coproduction of content. She had previously worked at the broadcaster at SABC 3 and SABC 2
on developing a portfolio of television brands including Sotho Drama; Tube, the children’s brand;
and a range of magazine and variety programmes. Motsepe worked as the Executive Assistant
of the first democratically elected SABC board under the late Minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri and
Mr Zwelakhe Sisulu.
Anant Singh
Born and raised in apartheid South Africa in Durban, Singh
began his film career at age 18 when he left his studies at
the University of Durban-Westville to purchase a 16mm movie
rental store. From there, he moved into video distribution,
forming Videovision Entertainment and then progressing into
film production in 1984 with Place of Weeping, the first antiapartheid film to be made entirely in South Africa.
Singh is the producer of Yesterday (from director, Darrell James
Roodt), which received South Africa’s first Academy Award
nomination in the Best Foreign Language Picture category in
2005, the Peabody Award and an Emmy nomination in 2006
in the ‘Outstanding Made For Television Movie’ category.
Anant Singh is recognised as South Africa’s pre-eminent film producer, having produced more
than 80 films since 1984. He is responsible for many of the most profound anti-apartheid films
made in South Africa, among which are Place of Weeping, Sarafina! and Cry, the Beloved
Country. He also co-produced Mandela: Long walk to freedom.
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Mazisi Kunene book launch
After more than four decades, the original manuscript of the prolific author and poet Professor
Mazisi Kunene again sees the light of day. It was edited by a team of specialists, spearheaded
by Professor Nxumalo, whose collective experience and skills range from isiZulu education and
writing/poetry, to lecturing, supervising and specialised editing.
Professor Kunene was adamant about writing in his home language first before all else, though
his writings have been translated by himself and others into several international languages such
as English, French, Japanese and German.
The six-month editorial journey with UKZN Press and the team has meant that this seminal
work, UNodumehlezi KaMenzi and its English version, Emperor Shaka the Great will finally be
launched this quarter, during the Time of the Writer Festival 2017.
Date: 18 March 2017
Time: 17:00
Venue: Durban ICC
RSVP: Mpume Ncgobo on +27 76 236 1108
Info: www.kunenemuseum.org
The Mazizi Kunene Foundation will also embrace the Spirit of Kunene on 14 March 2017, where
selected guests will be able to view the original manuscript in Prof. Kunene’s own handwriting.
For more details, contact the foundation on www.kunenemuseum.org.
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Launch of
UNodumehlezi KaMenzi
and Emperor Shaka the Great
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FACILITATORS
Adarsh Maharaj
Adarsh Maharaj is a frustrated artist who switched across to the world
of management, thinking he would accumulate capital much more
quickly there. This hasn’t worked yet. He has a Master of Commerce
in Management, and is reading towards a PhD in Community
Development. He has had close links with UKZN for just on 20 years.
Currently, the Operations Manager for the School of Arts in the College
of Humanities spends his days bullying eccentric writers, artists and
actors, and either threatening them with no funding if they don’t behave, praising their creativity
to the heavens when they do, or feeding them when they run out of money.
Russel Hlongwane
Russel Hlongwane is an arts administrator and creative industries
consultant. His area of interest from a creative production perspective
is in heritage, tradition and modernity in South Africa and Africa as
a broader frame. He is strongly engaged in film, music, design with
an interest in pedagogy and the mechanics of the creative economy.
Although based in Durban, Russel works with national organisations
operating in different modes, mandates and scale through his arts advocacy portfolio some
of which include Arterial Network, PANSA, KZNSA Gallery and ASSITEJ, among other
creative networks. He has also worked as policy and cultural researcher on desktop based
projects for various clients. His practice has grown to capacitate cultural institutions in order
to address organisational development to contribute to a thriving cultural sector.
Shubnum Khan
Shubnum Khan is a South African author and artist. Her first novel,
Onion Tears, about three generations of South African Indian Muslim
women was shortlisted for the Penguin Prize for African Writing and
the University of Johannesburg Debut Fiction Prize. She received
her MA in English cum laude from UKZN. She was a Media Studies
lecturer at UKZN. In 2012, she was selected as the Mail & Guardian’s
200 young South Africans. In 2013, she taught at a village school in
the mountains of Jammu and Kashmir. She is a writing fellow at Art Omi’s Ledig House in
New York and the Swatch Art Peace Hotel in Shanghai. She is a regular writer for Times and
she has written for the Sunday Times, Marie Claire, HuffPost South Arica and O the Oprah
Magazine among others.
Tebogo Mzizi
Tebogo Mzizi is Senior Manager of the Library and Heritage Department
for eThekwini Municipality since 2010. She obtained her Bachelor of
Social Science and Advance University Diploma in Adult Education
at the former University of Natal in 1993 and 1994 respectively. She
serves on various departmental subcommittees such as Unit Local
Labour Forum, Health and Safety Committee, Provincial Task Team
unfunded mandate, facilitation team for the IDP, IPS facilitation team,
and the EPWP task team. Tebogo has also served as an advisory Board member of Durban
University of Technology School of Library and Information Studies since 2006.
Ruth Teer-Tomaselli
Ruth Teer-Tomaselli is a full professor and a Fellow of the University
of KwaZulu-Natal. She holds a B-rating from the National Research
Foundation. From 2002 to 2014 she held a UNESCO Chair in
Communications for South Africa. Teer-Tomaselli was the Deputy Dean
of Post-graduate Studies for the Faculty of Humanities, Development
and Social Science from 2009 to 2011, and previously held the
position in an acting capacity from 2007 to 2009. She is a member of
the International Association for Media and Communication Research,
and has served as the Vice-President of the Association from 2008 to 2012, as well as being
a member of the International Council for several years. She is a member of the South African
Association for Communication (SACOMM), having previously held positions as President and
Vice President between 2006 to 2009. Teer-Tomaselli’s current research interests cover the
political economy of the media; broadcasting; South African and African media history; and
memory studies, with a particular emphasis on mediated-memories.
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HOSTS
Siphindile works at the Centre for Creative Arts as a Senior
Administrator. She holds a Diploma in Drama Studies and a Certificate
in Arts Administration.
Mitchell Harper
Mitchell Harper is the Assistant Film Festival Manager with the Centre
for Creative Arts. He has worked on the literature and poetry festivals,
Time of the Writer and Poetry Africa as a project coordinator before
taking his current position. He graduated in 2011 from the Durban
University of Technology, obtaining a National Diploma in Journalism
before earning a Bachelor of Technology in 2013. Before joining the
Centre for Creative Arts, he worked as a journalist with Independent
Newspapers, Times Media Group and as an online community
manager with HolGoun Investment Holdings. Having spent most of his formative years in
the arts and journalism, in 2009 he co-founded digital magazine Mind Map SA which he coedited till 2011, and taken part in other artistic ventures and events in the city.
Menzi Mhlongo
Menzi Mhlongo currently works at the Centre for Creative Arts as the
Talents Durban Programme Coordinator. He completed a National
Diploma in Advertising with Vega and a Bachelor of Commerce at
Regent Business School.
Hlengiwe Dladla
Hlengiwe Dladla is an intern working in Guest Relations for the Centre
for Creative Arts, UKZN. She holds a Cultural and Heritage Tourism
Honours Degree from UKZN. She has a passion and interest in the
arts and cultural events and festivals, with the dream of owning an
events and management company one day.
Xolile Radebe
Xolile Radebe is the Front of House Officer for the Centre for Creative
Arts, working on all four festivals. Before joining the Centre, she
worked as a trainee admin clerk for Majuba TVET College (Central
Office). Xolile holds a National Diploma in Management Assistant,
obtained from Majuba TVET. She has strong passion for music.
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Siphindile Hlongwa
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MUSICIANS
Innocent Tinashe Mutero
Monday, 13 March
Innocent Tinashe Mutero is a marimba and mbira player from
Zimbabwe. He has been teaching nhare and nyunga nyunga
mbiras at UKZN since July 2014. He also is a contributor for
Music in Africa and a columnist for 263chat. In this performance,
together with friends, they play the nyunga nyunga mbira, a
mbira played in secular functions and is by far the most popular
mbira in Zimbabwe’s educational institutions as it is widely
taught from primary school to university level.
Zama Khuzwayo
Tuesday, 14 March
Zama Khuzwayo holds a Bachelor of Practical Music from
UKZN. She is a versatile vocalist who is passionate about
music and is currently completing her PGCE, specialising in
music teaching.
Khuzwayo is also working in the Sinakho production, In Blood,
as a backing vocalist. She has performed at The Playhouse
Company in Durban, State Theatre in Pretoria, Sand Du
Plesis (Pafcos) in Bloemfontein and Winston Church Hill in
Pietermaritzburg.
In 2015 Zama was chosen to be part of the Jazz Youth Festival in Grahamstown by the
UKZN School of Arts. She shared the stage with the well-known artists in afro jazz and
gospel, such as Judith Sepuma, Dr Tumi, Mahalia, Xolisa Dlamini, Ndimane, Ntokozo
Mbambo and Benjamin Dube, to name a few.
Amanda Kunene
Wednesday, 15 March
Amanda Kunene, a 23-year-old Music and Drama Performance
graduate from UKZN’s Howard College. She is a artist/
performer/musician who began her journey at a very young
age. She started singing in choirs from primary school and has
entered local competitions, winning Gateway to Fame in 2010
at the age of 16 and working with well recognised directors
and artists in South Africa. At the age of 18, she won the South
African competition ACT/DALRO, landing a performing arts
scholarship in 2012 to study at any university of her choice.
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MUSICIANS
Thursday, 16 March
‘Blvck Crystals’ is one of the most exciting bands in the
Durban music scene. The seven-piece band includes
piano, bass, guitar, drums, saxophone, vocalists and
rappers. Their music is originally composed by the
band with an influence of jazz and hip-hop.
Neo Dube
Friday, 17 March
Neo Dube is a soul and jazz vocalist born and bred in
Umlazi, Durban. The 20-year-old has worked with the
likes of Thina Zungu, Dumi Mkokstad, Sgwili Zuma,
Sharon Dee and Sibongiseni Mbhel, to name a few. She
has done Afro Soul and House music where she has
been featured alot.
Her greatest achievement to date has to be her upcoming
album, which will be released soon.
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Blvck Crystals – Unplugged
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SCHOOLS PROGRAMME
School Visits
The 20th Time of the Writer Festival coordinates a school visiting programme that
allows learners to meet and interact with local and international writers to stimulate
their appreciation for and interest in reading and creative writing. The schools visited
this year include: Durban Girls High School, New Forest High School, Danville Girls
High, Westville Girls High, Lamontville High, Brettonwood High, Clairwood Secondary
school, Umtapho High school, Eden College, New West Secondary, J.G. Zuma High
School, St Benedict School and St Mary’s DSG.
Short Story Competition
This popular component of the festival programme presents learners with an
opportunity to showcase their creative writing skills. Entrants from schools are invited
to submit their original short stories and the winners will be presented with their awards
on Friday, 17 March at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre. The winners will receive cash
and book voucher awards, generously sponsored by Adams Campus Books, as well
as festival tickets, courtesy of festival organisers, the Centre for Creative Arts. The
adjudicators for 2016 for the English entries were Mitchell Harper and Tarin-Lee King,
and for the Zulu category, Sakhile Gumede and Xolile Radebe.
The 2017 English category winners are:
• 1st place: Kriti Lalla (Westville Girls High) for The King of District 64
• 2nd place: Lwandle Mzimela (Hillcrest High School) for When a Goddess loves a
Mortal
• 3rd place: Luthando Ncayiyana (Port Shepstone High School) for An abandoned
House
The 2017 Zulu category winners are:
• 1st place: Lindelwa Fortunate Khumalo (Escourt High School) for Zangifanela
Izinyosi
• 2nd place: Thandeka Khanyile (Zeph Dhlomo High School) for Icala Limbula ingubo
Lingene
• 3rd place: Mlondi Samukelo Ndlovu (Strelitzia Secondary School) for Akusizi
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Campus Focus
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20th Time of the Writer will include a variety of events at the following
tertiary institution campuses:
UKZN Howard Campus
UKZN Edgewood Campus
UKZN Pietermaritzburg Campus (CAL)
Mangosuthu University of Technology
Worker’s College
*see programme page for details
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book launches
18 March 2017 | Ike’s Books | 10h00 – 12h00
Finding My Family
Krish Govender, Infinity Dynamic Media
Finding my family tells the story of a successful
businessman’s solitary life and how he discovers who he
really is. Set in the city of Durban, the reader gets a taste
of a city that has so much promise for its people but keeps
locked in itself some deep dark secrets.
An original South African story that takes the reader
through the life of a little boy who never let his painful past
determine his future success.
Psych Ward Blues
Hazel Tobo, Poetree Publications
In Psych Ward Blues, Hazel Tobo describes her journey
through darkness and her battle with depression. This
compelling, autobiographic novella speaks candidly
about her suicide attempts, family and relationship
issues and her tumultuous time in Johannesburg.
Psych Ward Blues takes us on an intense path of a
young girl’s experience from pain to power.
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PAST PARTICIPANTS
Hassim, Shafinaaz (South Africa) 2013
Hemer, Oscar (Sweden) 2007
Hertmans, Stefan (Belgium) 2002
Hetata, Sherif (Egypt) 2002
Higginson, Craig (South Africa) 2015
Hobbs, Jenny (South Africa) 1999
Hoosen, Mishka (South Africa) 2016
Holland, Tom (England) 1999
Hove, Chenjerai (Zimbabwe) 2004
Huston, Nancy (Canada) 2000
Ibrahim, Sonallah (Egypt) 2004
Isegawa, Moses (Uganda) 2009
Jacobs, Rayda (South Africa) 2005
Japin, Arthur (The Netherlands) 2003
Jele, Cynthia (South Africa) 2012
Jooste, Pamela (South Africa) 1999
Joris, Lieve (Belgium) 2000
Kahora, Billy (Kenya) 2009
Kanengoni, Alexander (Zimbabwe) 2001
Karodia, Farida (South Africa) 1998
Kasrils, Ronnie (South Africa) 2012
Kgatea, Kabelo Duncan (South Africa) 2013
Khan, Shubnum (South Africa) 2012
Khawula, B.D (South Africa) 2013
Kawuma, Davina (Uganda) 2016
Khumalo, Fred (South Africa) 2007, 2017
Khumalo, Sihle (South Africa) 2010
Kikamba, Simao (Angola/South Africa) 2008
Koboekae, Martin (South Africa) 2005
Komla-Ebri, Kossi (Togo/Italy) 2005
Kourouma, Ahmadou (Ivory Coast) 2000
Krog, Antje (South Africa) 2004
Kubuitsile, Lauri (Botswana) 2014
Kunzru, Hari (UK) 2005
Kwakye, Benjamin (Ghana) 2012
Kyomuhendo, Goretti (Uganda) 2000
Laferrière, Dany (Haiti) 2001
Langa, Mandla (South Africa) 2001, 2009, 2015
Lanoye, Tom (Belgium) 2007
Law-Viljoen, Bronwyn (South Africa) 2017
Lema, Elieshi (Tanzania) 2013
Lincoln, Christine (United States) 2001
Maahlamela, David wa (South Africa) 2012
Mackenzie, Jassy (South Africa) 2012
Mafela, James (South Africa) 2005
Magebeni, Unathi (South Africa) 2017
Magona, Sindiwe (South Africa) 2004
Magubane, Khulekani (South Africa) 2014
Mahala, Siphiwo (South Africa) 2009
Mahjoub, Jamal (Sudan) 2002
Maimane, Arthur (South Africa) 2001
Makhambeni, Ncamisile (South Africa) 2005
Makholwa, Angela (South Africa) 2009, 2014
Mamdani, Mahmood (Uganda) 2003
Marnewick, Chris (South Africa) 2012
Marouane, Leïla (France) 2012
Masilela, Johnny (South Africa) 1999
Mathekga, Ralph (South Africa) 2017
Matlwa, Kopano (South Africa) 2008
Matshikiza, John (South Africa) 2003
Matshoba, Mtutuzeli (South Africa) 2009
Mazrui, Ali (Kenya) 2004
Mbembe, Achille (Cameroon) 2011
McKaiser, Eusebius (South Africa) 2016
McKinley, Dale (South Africa) 2017
McLeod-Ferrier, Cynthia (Surinam) 2002
Mda, Zakes (South Africa) 1998, 2004, 2010, 2017
Mdlalose, Nomsa (South Africa) 2014, 2017
Meeran, Zinaid (South Africa) 2013
Mengestu, Dinaw (Ethiopia) 2009
Meyer, Deon (South Africa) 2009
Mgqolozana, Thando (South Africa) 2010, 2012, 2015
Mhiripiri, Nhamo (Zimbabwe) 2002
Mhlongo, Niq (South Africa) 2005, 2014, 2016
Mhlophe, Gcina (South Africa) 2002, 2004
Miano, Leonora (Cameroon/France) 2010
Miller, Kirsten (South Africa) 2008, 2015
Miti, Lazarus (Zambia) 2000
Miyeni, Eric (South Africa) 2006
Mngadi, MJ (South Africa) 2015
Mngxitama, Andile (South Africa) 2010, 2013
Moele, Kgebetli (South Africa) 2012, 2014
Mohlele, Nthikeng (South Africa) 2015
Mokae, Gomolemo (South Africa) 2000
Mokae, Sabata Mpho (South Africa) 2017
Molope, Kagiso Lesego (South Africa) 2006, 2013
Monénembo, Tierno (Guinée) 1998, 2014
Moodley, Prabashini (South Africa) 2014
Mougy, Sahar El (Egypt) 2011
Mphahlele, Es’kia (South Africa) 2003
Mqombothi, Lidudumalingani (South Africa) 2017
Mukagasana, Yolande (Rwanda) 2004
Mukwevho, Tshifhiwa Given (South Africa) 2015
Mungoshi, Charles (Zimbabwe) 2008
Murray, Sally-Ann (South Africa) 2010
Mutasa, David (South Africa) 2005
Mwangola, Mshai (Kenya) 2014
Mzamane, Mbulelo (South Africa) 2008
Ndebele, Njabulo (South Africa) 2004, 2011
Ndlovu, Mandla (South Africa) 2016
Nganang, Patrice (Cameroon) 2006
Ngcobo, Lauretta (South Africa) 2003
Ngcobo, Ndumiso (South Africa) 2010
Ngubo, Gladman (South Africa) 2005
Nicol, Mike (South Africa) 2009
Nimrod (Chad) 2002
Njoko Kethani (South Africa) 2017
Nkosi, Lewis (South Africa) 2003
Ntshingila, Futhi (South Africa) 2009, 2015
Ntuli, DBZ (South Africa) 2005
Nurse, Justin (South Africa) 2007
Nuttall, Sarah (South Africa) 2011
Nxumalo, OEHM (South Africa) 2006
Nyathi, Sue (Zimbabwe) 2015
Nyeko, Monica Arac de (Uganda) 2006
O., Rachid (Algeria) 1999
Okorafor, Nnedi (Nigeria/United States) 2013
Ombre, Ellen (Surinam) 2003
Omotoso, Kole (Nigeria/South Africa) 2009
Omotoso, Yewande (Nigeria/South Africa) 2012
Ondjaki (Angola) 2011
Onwuzo, Chibundu (Nigeria) 2014
Orford, Margie (South Africa) 2009
Otter, Charlotte (South Africa) 2015
Otten, Christine (The Netherlands) 2002
Owuor, Yvonne Adhiambo (Kenya) 2004
Parajuly, Prajwal (India) 2014
Patel, Raj (United Kingdom) 2011
Patel, Shailja (Kenya) 2008
Pépin, Ernest (Guadeloupe) 2001
Phillips, Caryl (St Kitts/United Kingdom) 2011
Pilger, John (Australia) 2008
Pineau, Gisele (Guadeloupe/France) 2003
Poland, Marguerite (South Africa) 1998, 2006
Rakotoson, Michèle (Madagascar) 2001
Ramdas, Anil (Surinam/The Netherlands/India) 2003
Rapola, Zachariah (South Africa) 2009
Reid, Graeme (South Africa) 2013
Richards, Jo-Anne (South Africa) 2008, 2013
Roopnarain, Usha (South Africa) 2017
Rose-Innes, Henrietta (South Africa) 2005
Ross, Megan (South Africa) 2017
Roy, Arundhati (India) 2003
Rui Monteiro, Manuel (Angola) 2005
Sachs, Albie (South Africa) 2004, 2011
Sarna, Satyajit (India) 2014
Saule, Ncedile (South Africa) 2005
Schertenleib, Hansjörg (Switzerland) 2001
Schweikert, Ruth (Switzerland) 2000
Sethi, Aman (India) 2013
Shakib, Siba (Iran) 2005
Sherif, Vamba (Liberia/The Netherlands) 2007
Shinji, Tajima (Japan) 2003
Shukri, Ishtiyaq (South Africa) 2006
Sibiya, Dumisani (South Africa) 2012
Sibiya, Nakanjani (South Africa) 2006, 2017
Singh, Nikhil (South Africa) 2016
Sisulu, Elinor (Zimbabwe/South Africa) 2004
Sithebe, Angelina (South Africa) 2008
Sithole, Nkosinathi (South Africa) 2017
Slovo, Gillian (South Africa) 1999
Sow Fall, Aminata (Senegal) 2007
Soyinka, Wole (Nigeria) 1998
Staunton, Irene (Zimbabwe) 2008
Steinberg, Jonny (South Africa) 2013
Tadjo, Veronique (Ivory Coast) 1999, 2004
Tagwira, Valerie (Zimbabwe) 2009
Taher, Bahaa (Egypt) 2012
Tandon, Yash (Uganda) 2010
Tchak, Sami (Togo) 2005, 2014
Terreblanche, Sampie (South Africa) 2013
Tlali, Miriam (South Africa) 2007
Tlholwe, Diale (South Africa) 2011
Trapido, Barbara (United Kingdom) 1998
Trollope, Joanna (United Kingdom) 2000
Touré, Nakhane (South Africa) 2016
Turner, Jann (South Africa) 2004
Unigwe, Chika (Nigeria) 2007
Utami, Ayu (Indonesia) 2006
van de Ruit, John (South Africa) 2006
van der Vyver, Marita (South Africa) 2006
van Dis, Adriaan (The Netherlands) 2000
van Graan, Mike (South Africa) 2010
van Heerden, Etienne (South Africa) 1999, 2011
van Niekerk, Marlene (South Africa) 1999, 2009
van Woerden, Henk (The Netherlands) 2002
van Wyk, Chris (South Africa) 2005, 2011
Vassanji, MG (Kenya/Canada) 2005
Vera, Yvonne (Zimbabwe) 1998
Viljoen, Lettie (South Africa) 1998
Vladislavic, Ivan (South Africa) 1998, 2000
von Klemperer, Margaret (South Africa) 2015
wa Afrika, Mzilikazi (South Africa) 2015
Wa Thiong’o, Ng~ug~u (Kenya) 2007
Wainaina, Binyavanga (Kenya) 2003
Wanner, Zukiswa (South Africa) 2007, 2014
Watson, Mary (South Africa) 2007
Weinberger, Eliot (USA) 2006
Wicomb, Zoë (South Africa) 2001
Wijaya, Putu (Indonesia) 2003
Winterbach, Ingrid (South Africa) 2006
Yoka, Lye (Democratic Republic of the Congo) 2004
Zapiro (South Africa) 2006, 2009
Zeeman, Michaël (The Netherlands) 2002
Zulu, Nogwaja Shadrack (South Africa) 2005
Zulu, Paulus (South Africa), 2014
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C e n tr e for C r eati ve Ar ts
Abani, Chris (Nigeria) 2006, 2012
Abouzeid, Leila (Morocco) 2004
Abulhawa, Susan (United States/Palestine) 2013
Accone, Darryl (South Africa) 2004
Adeniran, Sade (Nigeria) 2009
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi (Nigeria) 2003
Adimora-Ezeigbo, Akachi (Nigeria) 2002
Agoi, Folu (Nigeria) 2017
Agualusa, José Eduardo (Angola) 2006
Aidoo, Ama Ata (Ghana) 2002
Ajidarma, Seno Gumira (Indonesia) 2002
Akpan, Uwem (Nigeria) 2010
Ali Waberi, Abdourahman (Djibouti) 1998
Al-Koni, Ibrahim (Libya) 2012
Arion, Frank Martinus (Curacao) 2002
Asare, Meshack (Ghana) 2003
Atta, Sefi (Nigeria) 2012
Awoonor, Kofi (Ghana) 2004
Baingana, Doreen (Uganda) 2007
Banda-Aaku, Ellen (Zambia) 2011
Bandele, Biyi (Nigeria) 2011
Barnard, Benno (The Netherlands) 2002
Batanda, Jackee Budesta (Uganda) 2013
Benali, Abdelkader (Morroco/The Netherlands) 2006
Bernlef, J (The Netherlands) 2001
Bessora (Gabon/Switzerland) 2005
Beti, Mongo (Cameroon) 2001
Biyela, Christa (South Africa) 2016
Bol, Aher Arop (Sudan) 2010
Bond, Patrick (United States) 2014
Boni, Tanella (Cote de Ivoire) 2005
Bregin, Elana (South Africa) 2010
Breytenbach, Breyten (South Africa) 1998, 2008
Brink, Andre (South Africa) 2005
Britten, Sarah (South Africa), 2014
Brutus, Dennis (South Africa) 2006
Bugul, Ken (Senegal) 2002
Bulawayo, NoViolet (Zimbabwe) 2015
Campbell, Carol (South Africa) 2015
Chakava, Henry (Kenya) 2008
Channer, Colin (Jamaica) 2012
Chapman, Michael (South Africa) 2007
Chigumadzi, Panashe (Zimbabwe) 2016
Chikwava, Brian (Zimbabwe) 2006
Chinodya, Shimmer (Zimbabwe) 2002
Condé, Maryse (Guadeloupe) 2000
Confiant, Raphaël (Martinique) 2002
Coovadia, Imraan (South Africa) 2007, 2010, 2015
Couao-Zotti, Florent (Benin) 2003
Couto, Mia (Mozambique) 2001, 2009
Dala, ZP (South Africa) 2015
Dangarembga, Tsitsi (Zimbabwe) 1999, 2007
Dangor, Achmat (South Africa) 2002
Darbellay, Claude (Switzerland) 1999
Darko, Ama (Ghana) 2001
Darrieussecq, Marie (France) 2011
Davidar, David (India) 2002
Dawes, Kwame (Ghana/Jamaica) 2012
De Souza, Carl (Mauritius) 2003
Desai, Ashwin (South Africa) 2003, 2013, 2016
Devi, Ananda (Mauritius) 2008
Diarra, Ousmane (Mali) 2015
Dibia, Jude (Nigeria) 2013
Dido, EKM (South Africa) 2001, 2017
Dila, Dilman (Uganda) 2015
Diome, Fatou (Senegal) 2009
Diop, Boubacar Boris (Senegal) 2011
Djemaï, Abdelkader (Algérie) 1998
Dlamini, Jacob (South Africa) 2015
Dongala, Emmanuel (Congo-Brazzaville) 2008
Dow, Unity (Botswana) 2004
Drabble, Margaret (United Kingdom) 2000
du Preez, Max (South Africa) 2008, 2009
Duff, Alan (New Zealand) 1999
Duker, Ekow (South Africa) 2015
Eaton, Tom (South Africa) 2007
Edjabe, Ntone (Cameroon/South Africa) 2007
Efoui, Kossi (Togo) 2002
El Saadawi, Nawal (Egypt) 2005
Elmi, Idris Youssouf (Djibouti) 1998
Erouart-Siad, Patrick (Djibouti) 1999
Essa, Azad (South Africa) 2011
Evans, David (England/South Africa) 2008
Evaristo, Bernardine (United Kingdom) 2006
Farah, Nuruddin (Somalia) 2003
Fisher, Sibongile (South Africa) 2017
Fleutiaux, Pierrette (France) 1999
Forster, Dayo (The Gambia/Kenya) 2008
Galgut, Damon (South Africa) 2013
Gappah, Petina (Zimbabwe) 2011
Germain, Sylvie (France) 2000
Ghosh, Amitav (India) 2006
Golakai, Hawa Jande (Liberia) 2014
Glissant, Edouard (France) 1998
Gordimer, Nadine (South Africa) 2002
Govender, Ronnie (South Africa) 2001, 2007
Green, Michael Cawood (South Africa) 2008
Grunberg, Arnon (The Netherlands) 1999
Gudmundsson, Einar Már (Iceland) 2000
Gumede, William (South Africa) 2010
Gurnah, Abdulrazak (Zanzibar) 2005
Habib, Adam (South Africa) 2014
Habila, Helon (Nigeria) 2004
Hassim, Aziz (South Africa) 2003, 2011
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Acknowledgements
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Ngubelanga, Katlego Taunyane, Maju Radebe, Menzi Mhlongo, Mitchell Harper, Musa
Sibisi, Nosipho Makhathini, Sakhile Gumede, Siphindile Hlongwa, Tarin Lee-King,
Vulane Mthembu, Yenziwe Ndaba.
UKZN College of Humanities
Stephen Mutula, Kishore Gobardan, Dane Amuragan, Lucky Chili, Michelle Naicker,
Hlengiwe Ngubane, Avril Raman, Nhlanhla Mkhize, Xoliswa Zulu.
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Artworks
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Peter Taylor.
Special Thanks
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Msomi, Sithembiso Ntombela, Eagle Taxis, Luthuli Museum, Cendric Sissing, Nicole
Meyer, Tebogo Mzisi, Jabu Sithole, Mazisi Kunene Foundation, Workers College,
Wushwini Arts and Heritage Centre, Westville Prison and Mangosuthu University of
Technology.
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