Join us on a literary safari of KwaZulu-Natal, home to Alan Paton, author of the world-renowned novel, Cry, the Beloved Country. KwaZulu-Natal, the Kingdom of the Zulu, is also home to many other writers – come and meet them on our safari:
- stroll through Grey Street, Durban’s old Indian quarter, featured in the writings of apartheid struggle stalwarts Fatima Meer, Phyllis Naidoo and Dr Goonam;
- take a tour through Cato Manor, a Durban township rich in culture and conflict, inspiration to Lewis Nkosi, Ronnie Govender and the worker poet Mi Hlatswayo;
- drive through Alan Paton’s Pietermaritzburg and visit his birthplace, his school and the Alan Paton Centre on the university campus;
- pop in to Michaelhouse school – where Wilbur Smith and John van de Ruit started out as schoolboys
- be moved at the Anglo-Zulu Battlefields of Isandlwana and Rorke’s Drift which Rider Haggard, author of King Solomon’s Mines and She, visited and described.
- Experience ‘Haggard’s Zululand’ at Ghost Mountain, Mkuze, setting for Nada the Lily
- Walk in Gandhi’s footsteps at the Phoenix settlement where he established his printing press
Be prepared to hear stories from KwaZulu-Natal’s writers, both past and present, and watch places rise up from the pages. See South African history come to life before your eyes.
Reading has never been this alive!
