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  • May 19, 2024

    Guy Butler on English in South African Literature

    Frederick Guy Butler was born in Cradock, in the Eastern Cape, on the 21st of January 1918. He moved to Grahamstown (now Makhanda) to study at Rhodes University, where he completed his Master of Arts degree in 1938. At Rhodes, Butler began cultivating his talents as a poet, writer and academic. He married his wife…

    Essay
  • May 12, 2024

    Zef: The Story of Die Antwoord: Uncovering Controversies and Truths

    Zef: Die Antwoord Story is a 2024 documentary about the controversial South African band. It does what it can to sway viewers into believing their side of the story. 

    Film Review
  • April 27, 2024

    Behind the Orange Tree Gulley

    It’s said that Mr Phahlele’s public notoriety rose when he bought a string of properties in the Bishopscourt area of Cape Town. However, what really got him famous was his decision to cut a gulley across his estate.

    Short Story
  • April 22, 2024

    The Dullness of Writing Back: On A. Igoni Barrett’s Blackass

    Reading texts as being their own way of becoming – maybe with a colonial rewriting and maybe with precolonial mythology – and not that which becomes overwhelmed by a reader’s own weight, so that it crushes the potential of both the text and the critic, seems best for a novel like Blackass.

    Book Review, Essay
  • April 13, 2024

    Narrative Tricks in The Angel of Santa Sofia by Josep M. Argemí

    The Angel of Santa Sofia is a short novella by Josep M. Argemí, and tells the story of unnamed narrators attending an academic convention on the devil in Turin.

    Book Review
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Kris Van der Bijl frequently covers South African literature, Western Cape business news, and Southern African politics and culture.

His work can be found in the likes of World Literature Today, Wasafiri, News24, and Cape Business News.


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