Chris Dunton
latest news & developmentsBound to engage and enrage
Njabulo Ndebele’s first adult novel <i>The Cry of Winnie Mandela</i> transgresses the borders between fact and fiction, fusing aspects of the novel, biography and essay. It is a…
The great literary divide
<b>REVIEW: </b><i>The Ordeal of the African Writer</i> by Charles Larson (Zed Books)
Courageous man of Cameroon
Within the space of the last few months, Cameroon has lost three of its most prominent authors. First, novelist and musician Francis Bebey, then Mongo Beti, and now, at the age…
Cameroon novelist Beti dies
From Cameroon this week, news of the death of one of Africa’s foremost writers, Mongo Beti (born 1932), writes Chris Dunton.
With many voices
Chris Dunton speaks with Sello Duiker about his second novel, <i>The Quiet Violence of Dreams</i>.
Children of violence
<b>Review:</b> Out of Bounds: Stories of Conflict and Hope by Beverley Naidoo (Penguin)