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1936-2009

Izak de Villiers

… business and then journalism before settling on Afrikaans literature, in which he completed his BA, BA honours and …

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1957-2014

Chris van Wyk

… Act.  The eldest of six children, he was fascinated by literature from a very young age. van Wyk rose to fame in the …

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1902-1985

Maud Francis Eyston Sumner

… study and teach English. In 1922 she completed her English Literature studies, receiving a Master of Arts degree from …

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1958-2020

Harry Garuba

… of Humanities at UCT [9] His studies included African literature, postcolonial theory and African nationalist … the curriculum and promoting African identity…

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1924-1968

Canodoise (Can) Themba

… Order of Ikhamanga in Silver for “Excellent achievement in literature , contributing to the field of journalism and …

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1892-1973

John Ronald Tolkien

… to that of Merton Professorship of English Language and Literature, a post he retained until his retirement in 1959. …

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Dr Gomolemo Mokae

… Vista (university) Prestigious Award; the Bertrams V.O. Literature of Africa Award; the African Achievers’ Award from …

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1942-1993

Chris Hani

… explored his childhood passion for the classics and for literature. Hani attended Fort Hare from 1959-1961 and … led to my fascination with Latin studies and…

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1946-2012

Professor Gert ‘Jakes’ Johannes Gerwel

… a scholarship to study in Belgium, he completed a PHD in literature and philosophy at the Free University of Brussels …

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1932-2007

Sydney Sipho Sepamla

… monthly periodical Staff Rider, dedicated to publishing literature coming out of Soweto. Later in his life Sepamla …

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1953

Derek Andre Hanekom

… he was arrested, he pleaded guilty to possessing banned literature after the government dropped charges of treason in …

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1956

Dr Hersheela Narsee

… some hours behind bars for being in possession of banned literature and for putting up posters in Durban. From 1982 to …

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1933-2017

Miriam Tlali

… ). She grew up in Sophiatown . Miriam wanted to study literature at the University of the Witwatersrand but was not …

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1940

Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali

… Zulu folk songs and translating classic works of literature and his own poems into Zulu. The most recent …

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1943-2023

Professor Bankole Ajibabi Omotoso (Kole Omotoso)

… attended the University of Ibadan, where he studied Arabic literature, and obtained a PhD in Arabic at the University of …

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1909

Isaac Bangani Tabata

… politically by reading widely in Marxist and other radical literature. The Awakening of a People, and served on the AAC …

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David Rabkin

… to Britain with his family. He holds a PhD in African Literature and had been employed as a sub-editor at the  Cape …

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1937-2019

Zubeida “Juby” "Sharon Davis" Mayet

… of South Africa (WASA) that nurtured many black voices in literature. She contributed immensely to the Media Workers' …

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1935-2022

Gladys Thomas

… Court” which won first prize in 1990 for the African Literature Awards, a major annual literary competition. … Fairy Stories": Three Women Authors from the…

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1924-2009

Dennis Brutus

… In 1970 he moved to the United States where he taught literature and African studies at Northwestern University … Metropolitan University conferred him with…

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1914-2011

Jean Bernadt (nee Alkin)

… the principles of the CPSA in 1929. She studied American literature at New York University (NYU) in 1936. That same …

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1905

Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld

… University where he earned his degree in linguistics, literature, and history in 1925..Hammarskjöld studied an …

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Professor Harry Ranwedzi Nengwekhulu

… set up an office in Botswana. It was from the office that literature for BCM related youth organizations was organized …

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Mandla Michael Yende

… for underground activities and to distribute APLA and PAC literature in Alexandra Township. Yende fled the country via …

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1934-2021

Ronnie Govender (Sathiseelan Gurulingam Govender)

… Academy of South Africa for his contribution to English literature. In 2006, Song of the Atman , which is partially … in Arts and Design upon Govender “for…

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1963

Jeremy Vearey

… about eras and material change, as well as different literature by writers such as Chinua Achebe. He was even able … or change the cover of the books in…

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1902-1996

Jane Gool

… with the struggle at home. In this period they produced literature which assessed the developments in South Africa on … at home. They set in motion a plan to…

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1966

Fred Khumalo

… Short Story Award, and again in 1996, for the Bertrams V.O Literature of Africa Award. In 2004, the manuscripts for the … organisation of writers that aims…

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1939-2024

Breyten Breytenbach

… and became a French citizen. He won the Rapport's major literature prize of R15 000 in April 1986 for his volume of …

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1935

Don Mattera

… functions. He holds an honorary Doctorate (Dlit) degree in Literature from the University of Natal. He has received …

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