Sindiwe Magona, who recently released the book Chasing the Tails of My Father’s Cattle. Photo: Supplied
CELEBRATED author, Sindiwe Magona, has urged young African people to honour their heritage by continuing to speak their mother tongues.
EThekwini Municipality has increased its financial support of the Centre for Creative Arts (CCA) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal to R4 million per year for the next three years.
The money will be used for the Time of the Writer Festival, the Durban International Film Festival, the Jomba! Contemporary Dance Festival and Poetry Africa. Continue reading
Participating authors in this year’s Time of the Writer Festival.
WHEN Thando Mgqolozana announced at last year’s Time of the Writer that he would no longer attend literary festivals in South Africa, it was the first step on a journey which he hopes will shake up the country’s literary landscape. Continue reading
THE 19th edition of the Time of the Writer festival, presented by the Centre for Creative Arts at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), has partnered with a number of organisations to make this year’s event extra special. Continue reading
SINCE 2002 the KwaZulu-Natal Literary Tourism project has been quietly archiving writers linked to the province – both past and present.
Students, researchers and academics from different walks of life have contributed to the project over the years. But the organisation is concerned that the archive remains skewed towards writers that are male, white and older. Continue reading
Panashe Chigumadzi
THE authors headed to Durban of the 19th edition of Time of the Writer have been revealed by the Centre for Creative Arts t the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN).
Ten writers from South Africa and Africa will meet for a week of stimulating literary dialogue and exchange of ideas. Audiences can engage with award-winning writers, from a variety of political and social contexts, on the creative and technical processes and perspectives which shape their writing. Continue reading
THE 19th Time of the Writer festival in Durban will be hosted at venues around the city from March 14 to 19 and the addition of a special new programme.
Hosted by the Centre for Creative Arts at the University of KwaZulu-Natal this year’s theme is Decolonising the Book. Continue reading
Last year’s schools’ short story competition winners.
THE 19th Time of the Writer hosted by the Centre for Creative Arts at the University of KwaZulu-Natal invites South African high school pupils to submit their short stories for the annual Schools Short Story Competition by Friday, February 26. Continue reading
Lauretta Ngcobo. Photo: ethekwinilivinglegends.com
AUTHOR, essayist, teacher and political activist, Lauretta Ngcobo, has died.
Adele Branch, of the University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, which published her books Prodigal Daughters and And They Didn’t Die, said in a statement: “We learnt this morning [yesterday] of Lauretta Ngcobo’s death. Although she has struggled with her health ever since suffering a stroke, the news still came as a shock.” Continue reading
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