Launch of Region-building in Southern Africa and African-language Literatures at CTBF

by Tshepo on Jun 19th, 2012

Wits Press held several talks this past weekend at the Cape Town Book Fair.

On Sunday 17 June Chris Saunders, Dawn Nagar and Gilbert Khadiagala discussed the topics raised in their book Region-building in Southern Africa: Progress, problems and prospectus. Mandy Watson tweeted from the launch using #ctbf:

#ctbf Chris Saunders, Gilbert Khadiagala, Dawn Nagar: discussing Region-Building In Southern Africa – @WitsPress – moby.to/2jxuof

— Mandy J Watson (@mandyjwatson) June 17, 2012

#ctbf Saunders: since 1994 SA has been wary to be seen as dominant (ie the Mugabe problem) in the region due to history: [cont]

— Mandy J Watson (@mandyjwatson) June 17, 2012

#ctbf [cont] in last days of apartheid there was conflict and war between a very aggressive SA & other nations in the region.

— Mandy J Watson (@mandyjwatson) June 17, 2012

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Innocentia Mhlambi, author of African-language Literatures, Sizwe Satyo and Mbulingeni Madiba discussed new directions in the study of African-language literatures and isiZulu fiction. Mandy Watson tweeted from the launch, held on Saturday 16 June, using #ctbf:

#ctbf Sizwe Satyo, Innocentia Mhlambi, Mbulingeni Madiba: are African languages in crisis? http://www.witspress.c… – moby.to/wimpmd

— Mandy J Watson (@mandyjwatson) June 16, 2012

#ctbf Satyo: how much does English and Afrikaans influence the other African-language literatures and what will the result be?

— Mandy J Watson (@mandyjwatson) June 16, 2012

#ctbf Madiba: during colonial & apartheid proverbs weren’t considered literature.

— Mandy J Watson (@mandyjwatson) June 16, 2012

#ctbf Madiba: Missionaries imposed standards based on Bible being first literary text. Proverbs and music ignored. [cont]

— Mandy J Watson (@mandyjwatson) June 16, 2012

#ctbf [cont] No consulting and harmonisation of dialects in different areas. A standard was just decided.

— Mandy J Watson (@mandyjwatson) June 16, 2012

#ctbf Mhlambi: first gen of writers (1900s to 1940s) had no model; instead Latin and English classics taught in school

— Mandy J Watson (@mandyjwatson) June 16, 2012

Book details

Region-building in Southern Africa: Progress, Problems and Prospectus edited by Chris Saunders, Gwinyayi A Dzinesa, Dawn Nagar
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EAN: 9781868145768
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