Creator
Nthikeng Mohlele
Nthikeng Mohlele is a South African novelist whose novels include Michael K (Picador Africa, 2018),a rewriting of J. M. Coetzee's Life & Times of Michael K.
When a life falls apart
An edited extract from Revolutionaries’ House, the latest novel from Nthikeng Mohlele
The presidential phone call that never was
A country is in flames. Two of its top men square off to say everything and nothing
The duplicitous conceit of innovation
Because of the multidisciplinary and collaborative nature of innovation, human foolishness and pettiness are often thwarted in favor and pursuit of the bigger picture which, in…
The Portfolio: Nthikeng Mohlele
A veteran author and part-time festival director, Nthikeng Mohlele can attest to the respective experiences being irreconcilable. Or are they?
Blowtorch prose hits the spot
Filled with great skill and craftsmanship, Fred Khumalo’s short stories are exceptional
The pitfalls of artistic canons
Is there sufficient rigour to update the existing literary canon and infuse it with new voices that will themselves become canons in decades to come?
A novel response to ‘Disgrace’
The author reimagines a voice and lets it fill the gaps of one of South Africa’s famous books