Sunday, April 26, 2009



BRISBANE CITY COUNCIL - CULTURAL SAFARI AFRIKA

HOLLAND PARK LIBRARY -April 2 -29, 2009

(A CELEBRATION OF BRISBANE'S AFRICAN COMMUNITIES)

Tuesday 28 April (12-30 - 1.45) AFRICAN LITERATURE DISCUSSION-By Sharon Orapeleng

Please join me for this open book club session as I will be discussing books by great African authors. Some of these books will be available from the Holland Park library.

Here is a list of books available:


RED DUST - Gillian slavo
IN THE COMPANY Of CHEERFUL LADIES - Alexander McCall Smith
THE KALAHARI TYPING SCHOOL FOR MEN - Alex McCall Smith
SAY YOU''RE ONE O THEM - Uwen Akpan
ECHO OF AN ANGRY GOD - Beverley Harper
GOLD MINE - Wilbur Smith
CRY THE BELOVED COUNTRY – Alan Paton
DISGRACE – Coetzee
WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS – Jan Coetzee
THE EYE OF THE LEOPARD - Henning Mankell
MY SON'S STORY – Nadine Gordiner
SILENT PREDATOR – Tony Park
OUR OF AFRICA – Karen Blixen
THE OTHER SIDE OF SILENCE - Andre Brink

Come lets celebrate African Literature!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Thank you Sharon for your excellent presentation, and for taking us on a journey exploring the ancient origins of African literature through to the exciting post-colonial period.

In the mix I particularly enjoyed hearing about the importance of the Ananse tradition, after listening to Sam Derchie's Ananse stories last week.

I hope we can use this blog to inspire you to start writing your own novel soon!

thanks and best wishes
Rachel