New Annual Literary Event: Rutanang Book Fair in Tlokwe
21 Apr 2016
The inaugural Rutanang Book Fair will run from the 25th to the 27th April in Tlokwe and Books LIVE reports that the theme is “‘Decolonising Literature’, and it coincides with the 100-year anniversary of Sol Plaatje’s revolutionary Native Life in South Africa. Author and Sol Plaatje scholar Sabata-Mpho Mokae will deliver a keynote address in celebration of Plaatje.”
PEN SA member Christine Coates is one of the authors that will be speaking at the Fair.
The South African literature landscape is undergoing an exciting renaissance. There have been spirited debates around “decolonising the literary landscape”, which saw prominent authors and literacy activists such as Zakes Mda, Thando Mgqolozana, Karabo Kgoleng and Eusebius McKaiser leaning in. The general consensus has been that it’s not that black South Africans don’t read – it’s that the publishing value chain has not invested in understanding the reading behaviours of South Africa’s majority…The theme for the inaugural Rutanang Book Fair is “Decolonising Literature” and will coincide with the 100 year anniversary of Sol T Plaatje’s revolutionary book, Native Life in South Africa. Author and Sol Plaatje scholar Sabata-Mpho Mokae will deliver a keynote address in celebration of Sol T Plaatje – the politician, the linguist and the writer.
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