• African Oral Art Forms

• Colonial and Imperial Themes in South African Literature: 1820- 1930
• The Liberal Tradition in 19th Century English South African Literature: From Thomas
• Pringle to Olive Schreiner
• The Romantic Tradition in 19th Century English South African Literature: Humphrey
• Rider Haggard
• The Rise of isiXhosa and Sesotho literature in the 19th Century
• Afrikaans Literature before the 20th Century
• 20th Century Writing in Afrikaans among South Africans of mixed race
• Landmarks in 20th Century Literature in African Languages (isiXhosa, isiZulu, Sesotho,
• Setswana, Sepedi, Xitsonga, Tshivenda, isiNdebele, isiSwati)*
• The English Liberal Tradition in the Era of Segregation: 1910- 1948
• The Protest Tradition in the Era of Segregation: 1910- 1948
• Literature in Afrikaans before Apartheid: 1900- 1948
• Literature in Afrikaans in the Apartheid Era: 1948- 1994
• The English Liberal Tradition in the Apartheid Era: 1948-1994
• African Literature in South Africa during theDrumEra in the 1950s
• From Protest to Challenge: Sharpeville and its Aftermath in the 1960s
• The Exile Tradition in South African Literature: 1920s-1990s
• Autobiographical Writing in South Africa
• Women's Autobiography
• Censorship and Literature
• Women Writing in South Africa (African languages, English, Afrikaans)*
• South African Writers of Indian Ancestry
• TheSestigers
• African Literature in South Africa in the Black Consciousness Era: 1967- 1982
• African Theatre in South Africa
• Theatre in Afrikaans
• South African Playwriting in English
• The Small Magazine Tradition: From Voorslagto Staffrider
• South African Literature since the demise of Apartheid (English, Afrikaans, African
• languages)*
• Individual writers and their work**

*These will be explored as separate traditions and an overview supplied to investigate commonalities.
** These entries will be based on a comprehensive list that will be compiled of South African writers in every language.

Category Advisory Panel (in formation)

• Michael Chapman
• Ampie Coetzee
• Margaret Daymond
• Dorothy Driver / Rosemary Gray
• Zanemvula Mda
• Rosemary Moeketsi
• D. B. Z. Ntuli
• Peter Mtuze
• Bheki Petersen
• Graham Stewart
• Heine Willemse