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South Africa has 11 national languages: Afrikaans, English, Zulu, Xhosa, Sotho, Pedi, Tswana, Venda, SiSwati, Tsonga, and Ndebele. Any definitive literary history of South Africa should, it could be argued, discuss literature produced in all 11 languages. But the only literature ever to adopt characteristics that can be said to be "national" is ...
A Long Walk to Water (sometimes shortened to ALWTW) is a short novel written by Linda Sue Park and published in 2010. It blends the true story of Salva Dut whose story is based in 1985, a part of the Dinka tribe and a Sudanese Lost Boy , and the fictional story of Nya whose story is based in 2008, a young village girl that was a part of the ...
Water supply and sanitation in South Africa is characterised by both achievements and challenges. After the end of Apartheid South Africa 's newly elected government struggled with the then growing service and backlogs with respect to access to water supply and sanitation developed. The government thus made a strong commitment to high service ...
The following is a list of notable works of fiction which are set in South Africa : Age of Iron by J.M. Coetzee. Karoo Boy by Troy Blacklaws. Burger's Daughter by Nadine Gordimer. The Conservationist by Nadine Gordimer. Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful by Alan Paton.
Writer and academic. Notable work. You Can't Get Lost in Cape Town (1987) Awards. Windham–Campbell Literature Prize, 2013. Zoë Wicomb (born 23 November 1948) is a South African author and academic who has lived in the UK since the 1970s. [ 1] In 2013, she was awarded the inaugural Windham–Campbell Literature Prize for her fiction.
Wietie contained short stories, poems and artwork. [2] The magazine employed a language that was both literary and defiant. Openly declaring its commitment to the 'communication of revolutionary writing,' while also providing a space to explore the realities of everyday life under apartheid, it published fiction, poetry and prose that challenged both the political, cultural and racial status.
Climate fiction (sometimes shortened to cli-fi) is literature that deals with climate change. [ 1] Generally speculative in nature but inspired by climate science, works of climate fiction may take place in the world as we know it, in the near future, or in fictional worlds experiencing climate change. The genre frequently includes science ...
Ecofiction (also "eco-fiction" or "eco fiction") is the branch of literature that encompasses nature or environment-oriented works of fiction. [1] While this super genre's roots are seen in classic, pastoral, magical realism, animal metamorphoses, science fiction, and other genres, the term ecofiction did not become popular until the 1960s when various movements created the platform for an ...