AFRICAN LITERATURE, beyond the Western gaze

250pp., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2024

Contributions include:

"The Nation in Devastation: Social issues in M.J. Mngadi's novels" by Dumisani Sibiya

"An In-Depth Analysis of the Use of Humour in Various Texts to Expose Political Issues in South African Society" by Nozuko Z. Gxekwa

"Family and Marital Issues in Alick Macheso's Music" by Benjamin Mudzanire and Sanction Madambi

"Representations of African Women in Mazisi Kunene's UNodumehlezi KaMenzi" by Gugulethu Mazibuko

"An Analysis of Gender-Based Violence in the Sesotho Novel Mamello" by Bahedile D. Letlala and Nogwaja S. Zulu

"A Masculinist Critique of the Images of Men in the Novel Izibi zaseThekwini" by Sicelo Cyril Shabalala

"Building Better Men: Deconstructing the depiction of boys as heroes and strong individuals in an isiZulu folktale" by Norma Masuku.

Nogwaja S. Zulu was special editor of Volume 2 of the South African Journal of African Languages, on the literary history of African languages (2003), and co-editor of the special section 43:1 of the South African Journal of African Languages, on the literary works of the writer K.D.P. Maphalla (2022).

Thulani Mkhize is a senior lecturer in English Studies, with a special focus on African literature, and academic leader for Literary Arts, University of KwaZulu-Natal. She was editor-in-chief of the South African Journal of African Languages from 2020 to 2023.