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Indian Roots South African Heart

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READING AFRICA 3-9 DECEMBER 2023

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REVIEW OF COPY BOY BY DENNIS PATHER

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Maria Victoria Pereira

Maria Victoria Pereira (1939 – ) was born in Moçambique, and emigrated to South Africa in 1976, with her husband and three children. In

Bridget McNulty

Bridget McNulty Bridget McNulty (1982-) was born and grew up in Durban, a city she is still strongly attached to – in real life

Bessie Head

Bessie Head Bessie Head (1937-1986), one of Africa’s most prominent writers, was born in Pietermaritzburg’s Fort Napier Mental Institution. The child of an “illicit”

Tumelo Khoza

Tumelo Khoza Tumelo Khoza is a Spoken Word artist who is based in Durban. She grew up in Eshowe, a small town in northern

Moira Lovell

Moira Lovell Moira Lovell (1951- ), a former Head of English at The Wykeham Collegiate, private girls’ school in Pietermaritzburg, has published four poetry

Mi Hlatshwayo

Mi Hlatshwayo Mi S’dumo Hlatshwayo (1951 – ) grew up as an “illegitimate” child in a working-class household in Cato Manor/ M’Kumbane – a

What is Literary Tourism?

Literary Tourism is tourism that deals with places and events from fictional texts as well as the lives of their authors. This could include following the route a fictional character charts in a novel, visiting particular settings from a story or tracking down the haunts of a novelist.

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Hello and welcome to the KZN Literary Tourism website. Through this site, we aim to provide an invaluable resource for those interested in the relatively new field of Literary Tourism as well as provide information on the work we are currently doing from our base in Durban, South Africa.