University of Cape Town, South Africa - Revive Tatamkhulu Afrika’s works and contributions, says Ottoman scholar

Title:

Revive Tatamkhulu Afrika’s works and contributions, says Ottoman scholar

 

Author:

Helen Swingler 

Published:

University of Cape Town, 16 February 2022

https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2022-02-16-revive-tatamkhulu-afrikas-works-and-contributions-says-ottoman-scholar

 

From the news article:

South African poet and writer Ismail Joubert (1902–2002) went by many legal names. There was his birth name, Mogamed Fu’ad Nasif, given by his Egyptian father and Turkish mother; his adoptive “Methodist” name, John Charlton; foster name Jozua Joubert (before he converted to Islam and took the name Ismail) and the one uMkhonto we Sizwe gave him: Tatamkhulu Afrika. It was the name he loved most.

 

Acclaimed South African writer Elsa Joubert dies [SABC, 14 June 2020 - Video 0:57] / Skrywer Elsa Joubert oorlede [Maroela Media, 14 Junie 2020]

Title:
Acclaimed South African writer Elsa Joubert dies

Published:
SABC News, 14 June 2020
[Video 0:57]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zXbACJzLIY

Transcript:
Acclaimed South African writer Elsa Joubert has died, aged 97. She died in Cape Town but was unable to spend her last weeks with her family because of lockdown restrictions.

She was the recipient of almost every prize for Afrikaans writing, many more than once. Elsa Joubert's works were inspired by Africa, which she traveled extensively. Her novel 'The Long Journey of Poppie Nongena' - published in 1979 - was an epic tale reflecting the brutality and injustice of the Apartheid system. It had a major impact, both in the literary world, as well as South African society. It was translated into 13 languages, staged as a drama, and recently made into a film, Poppie Nongena.

See also:
Skrywer Elsa Joubert oorlede [Article in Afrikaans]

Published:
Maroela Media, 14 Junie 2020
https://maroelamedia.co.za/nuus/sa-nuus/skrywer-elsa-joubert-oorlede/