We recently visited Chantal Snyman at the Luthuli Museum in Groutville to discuss the possibility of developing a Groutville Writers Trail. This would include the life and work of Chief Albert Luthuli as well as sites connected to the poets Benedict Vilakazi and Mazisi Kunene.
Suggestions for other writers connected to Groutville, Stanger and surrounds would be appreciated. They can be emailed to niall@literarytourism.co.za.
More on the Luthuli Museum …
The Luthuli Museum is a national institution which oversees the preservation of the life, history and philosophies of Africa’s first Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Chief Albert Luthuli, (1898–1967). The museum is located in Groutville at Kwa-Dukuza (formerly known as Stanger).
Chief Luthuli’s life was characterised by an indefatigable commitment to the ideals of democracy, non-violent resistance, freedom and unstinting faith in the potential of Africa to make a vital contribution to the world. Luthuli became Africa’s first Nobel Prize Peace Laureate in 1961 and in 1962 he published his autobiography, Let My People Go, which was subsequently banned. On July 30, 1967, a crowd of 7,000 gathered at the Groutville Congregational Church to pay final tribute to him.
