Kwaito Aesthetics and Spaces of Liberation in Post-Apartheid South African Literature

The article investigates the use of popular culture as a literary device in three post-apartheid South African novels: Kopano Matlwa’s Coconut (2007), Niq Mhlongo’s After Tears (2007), and Kgebetli Moele’s Room 207 (2006). It argues that, in these novels, we can see the emergence of what can be cal...

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Main Author: Nafeesa T. Nichols
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nordic Africa Research Network 2021-09-01
Series:Nordic Journal of African Studies
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Online Access:https://www.njas.fi/njas/article/view/805