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Albert Luthuli

Albert Luthuli Albert John Luthuli (1898 – 1967), also known by his Zulu name Mvumbi, was a South African teacher and politician. Luthuli was

Lewis Nkosi

Lewis Nkosi Lewis Nkosi (1936-2010) Born in Chesterville, Durban. Nkosi worked for many years as a magazine editor and broadcast journalist in Durban (Ilanga

Musawenkosi Khanyile

Musawenkosi Khanyile Musawenkosi Khanyile was born in 1991 and raised in Nseleni. He holds a Masters in Clinical Psychology from the University of Zululand,

Mark Behr

Mark Behr Mark Behr (1963 – 2015) taught English Literature at Rhodes College in the United States, and Creative Writing in the MFA programme

Michael Chapman

Michael Chapman Michael Chapman (1945 – ) is a prominent academic, literary critic and commentator on southern African literature. Born in Durban, he went

Dashen Naicker

Dashen Naicker Dashen Naicker was born in Durban, South Africa in 1986. He has performed at numerous events and festivals across the country, including

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.