PORTRAITS OF AFRICAN WRITERS

153 pp., 4to., illus., hardback,, Johannesburg, 2006

Introduction by Keorapetse Kgositsile. Foreword by George Hallett.

The photographs span the years 1970 - 2006, taken both at home in South Africa and while in exile overseas.Included are essays by John Matshikiza, James Matthews & Shabbir Banoobhai and poems by Lesego Rampolokeng & Finuala Dowling. Writers photographed include James Matthews, Richard Rive, Alex LaGuma, Zoe Wicomb, Denis Brutus, Bessie Head, Lewis Nkosi, Zakes Mda, and many more. There is also a photograph of artist Gerard Sekoto.