FYI, an interesting-sounding article, however it is only accessible by
subscription to African News Dimension. Included below are the short
abstract from the
http://south-african-news.newslib.com/story/7-3234712/ page where it
is sold, and a phrase (in quotes) that was included in the Google
alert along with the URL. This is just FYI - not selling or
encouraging (or discouraging) subscriptions. It may be that Oliphant
has assessed South African writing in other articles too. DZO
A rigged weft: The state of South African writing
6 July 2006 (Thursday) 07:48
Andries Oliphant, one of South Africa's premier novelists and literary
academics says in this exclusive AND feature that South African
writing is "unavoidably distorted by low literacy rates, a weak
reading culture, unaffordable book prices, limited commercial outlets,
inadequate libraries, low visibility of writers and books in the mass
media, insufficient training for writers, the demise of small
independent publishers and poverty, unemployment and crime." Yet, he
says, there is singular promise in the quality of literature in this
nation of two Nobel Literature Prize winners.
"... Many hoped that the unshackling of these languages would
revitalize African language writing and precipitate a flowering akin
to that of early 20th century ..."
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