Dialogue
Thu 22 Sep 2022

Post-post-Apartheid and its Literature

Svenska Mässan, Mässans Gata 10

Participants

Masande Ntshanga

Conviviality and Contamination features at Göteborg Book Fair:

Post-post-Apartheid and its Literature

Thurs 22 Sept, 15.00-15.45

Svenska Mässan, Mässans Gata 10

If the years after 1994 were post-apartheid, then the present is sometimes referred to as ‘post-post-apartheid’. Disappointment and frustration have often characterized the political climate. What role does literature play in this situation? Masande Ntshanga, author of Triangulum and one of the most high-profile young writers in South Africa today, will be in conversation with Ashleigh Harris, Professor of English Literature at Uppsala University.

For more information about the Book Fair, admission prices and the full programme visit: https://goteborg-bookfair.com

Contributor

Masande Ntshanga

Masande Ntshanga is a novelist, short story writer, poet, editor and publisher. He is the author of two novels, The Reactive (2014) and Triangulum (2019). His most recent publication is an experimental collection of poetry and prose called Native Life in the Third Millennium (2020). He lectures in Creative Writing at Rhodes University, edits the literary journal New Contrast, and runs an experimental press called Model See Media. He is the winner of the inaugural PEN International New Voices Award, a Betty Trask Award, a Fulbright Award, a Civitella Ranieri Fellowship, and a Bundanon Trust Award.

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