Can Themba: The Legacy of a South African Writer
Can Themba: The Legacy of a South African Writer
Author(s): John Harold Crowe,Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydział Filologiczny Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: apartheid; township; myopic; allegorical; cultural morality
Summary/Abstract: The article seeks to explore the world of Can Themba, a foremost literary figure during the era of apartheid. Through an examination of a selection of his short stories we realise that writers often found sub- textual ways of confronting that pernicious system. This article argues that Themba did just that. Finally it also seeks to make problematic issues of labelling and stereotyping.
Journal: Crossroads. A Journal of English Studies
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 02 (9)
- Page Range: 13-19
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English
