"is best known for his ""Unto Dust"" and ""In the Withaak's Shade"", capturing a portrait of Afrikaner storytelling skills and social attitudes. Bosman also wrote poetry, with a predominantly satirical tone. Alan Paton’s world-renowned and highly poetic novel ""Cry, The Beloved Country"", came into publication, just four months after the separatist National Party came to power in South Africa. Although Paton was most prolific in other literary genre, poetry was a form that interested him throughout his life, as documented in Peter Alexander's biography of him. Some of the best known poets of this violently oppressive and politically turbulent period"
"had a revolution 50 years ago,' Paton is said to have observed). The performances by Jones and Harris have a quiet dignity, suitable to the characters if not reflecting a larger reality. But the film contains little that would have concerned the South African censors under apartheid. [...] ""Cry, the Beloved Country"" reflects a sentimentality that motivates many people, but it fails as a portrait of what it used to be like in South Africa, what happened and what it's like now."" Cry, the Beloved Country (1995 film) Cry, the Beloved Country is a 1995 South African-American drama film directed"
"Alan Paton Alan Stewart Paton (11 January 1903 – 12 April 1988) was a South African author and anti-apartheid activist. His works include the novels ""Cry, the Beloved Country"" and ""Too Late the Phalarope"". Paton was born in Pietermaritzburg in the Colony of Natal (now South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province), the son of a civil servant. After attending Maritzburg College, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Natal in his hometown, followed by a diploma in education. After graduation, Paton worked as a teacher, first at the Ixopo High School, and subsequently at Maritzburg College While at"
"affected by ""native crime"" while blacks suffer from social instability and moral issues due to the breakdown of the tribal system. It shows many of the problems with South Africa such as the degrading of the land reserved for the natives, which is sometimes considered to be the main theme, the disintegration of the tribal community, native crime, and the flight to urban areas. Another prevalent theme in ""Cry, the Beloved Country"" is the detrimental effects of fear on the characters and society of South Africa as indicated in the following quotation from the narrator in Chapter 12: Paton makes"
"was captured in many statements that Hofmeyr made, particularly concerning the rights of non-white people in South Africa. Honorary degrees were conferred on him by the University of Cape Town (D.Sc), Witwatersrand (LLD) and Oxford (D.C.L.). The University of the Witwatersrand has turned the one-time administrator's house into a museum and restaurant, called Hofmeyr House. His papers are housed at the University of Natal as part of its Alan Paton collection. Paton's world-famous novel ""Cry, the Beloved Country"" is dedicated to his friend Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr. A suburb in the city of Johannesburg, Jan Hofmeyr was named after him. Jan"
"Publications of Paton's work include a volume of his travel writing, ""The Lost City of the Kalahari"" (2006), and a complete selection of his shorter writings, ""The Hero of Currie Road"". The Alan Paton Award for non-fiction is conferred annually in his honour. Alan Paton Alan Stewart Paton (11 January 1903 – 12 April 1988) was a South African author and anti-apartheid activist. His works include the novels ""Cry, the Beloved Country"" and ""Too Late the Phalarope"". Paton was born in Pietermaritzburg in the Colony of Natal (now South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province), the son of a civil servant. After attending"
"Other papers, including material relating to her biography of Nelson Mandela and correspondence with fellow anti-apartheid activists, forms part of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies archive collections held at Senate House Library. Mary Benson (campaigner) Mary Benson (8 December 1919 – 19 June 2000) was a South African civil rights campaigner and author. Born in 1919 in Pretoria, Benson served in the South African Women's Army during World War II. After the war, she was secretary to film director David Lean. Benson became acquainted with the author Alan Paton, and read his novel ""Cry, the beloved country"" (1948), whose main"
"with Distinction and also received the prize for the best student in the program. She moved to the United States, in 1963 where she had been accepted into an interdisciplinary PhD program at Harvard University. Her research focused on sociology and the study of revolution. Russell's research focus probably stems from her own involvement in the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa. In 1963, Russell had joined the Liberal Party of South Africa that had been founded by Alan Paton, the author of ""Cry the Beloved Country"". While participating in a peaceful protest in Cape Town, Russell was arrested with other"
"the star of a British film ""Cry, The Beloved Country"", for which both he and Sidney Poitier were smuggled into South Africa as indentured servants in order to play their roles as African ministers. During filming, Lee had his first heart attack, and he never fully recovered his health. The film’s message of universal brotherhood stands as Lee's final work towards this aim. Being on the Hollywood blacklist prevented him from getting further work. Scheduled to appear in Italy to begin production on a filmed version of ""Othello"", he was repeatedly notified that his passport ""remained under review"". Lee was"
"Cry of the Justice Bird Cry of the Justice Bird is the 2007 novel written by Jon Haylett. It is an action/adventure thriller based in the fictional African state of Boromundi. In an Africa ravaged by civil war, two women are pulled from a minibus, and are raped and mutilated. Armstrong MacKay, one of the dead women’s lover, enters the country to bring her body home. During the festivities of her African wake, Mackay finds out the truth behind her violent death from the other woman’s husband. Faced with Africa’s weaken government and the ineffective Boromundi legal system, the two"
"African themed films as ""Zulu"" (1964), ""Born Free"" (1966), and ""Out of Africa"" (1985), used predominantly western musical styles to complete the score. The music is notable for referencing themes from Barry's previous work on ""Zulu"", augmenting the original warlike compositions into a somber piano theme for travel scenes. The film also features the song ""Exile"" by Enya. The music was performed by the English Chamber Orchestra and recorded in Studio One at the EMI Abbey Road Studios, London. The film was shot on location in KwaZulu Natal, Cape Province, and at Gauteng, South Africa. ""Cry, the Beloved Country"" received"
"began as early as 1928, though her most famous work, ""Wide Sargasso Sea"", was not published until 1966. South Africa's Alan Paton's famous ""Cry, the Beloved Country"" dates from 1948. Doris Lessing from Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, was a dominant presence in the English literary scene, frequently publishing from 1950 on throughout the 20th century. She won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007. Salman Rushdie is another post Second World War writer from the former British colonies who permanently settled in Britain. Rushdie achieved fame with ""Midnight's Children"" 1981. His most controversial novel ""The Satanic Verses"" 1989, was inspired"
"iAfrika was adopted by several African states as the national anthem including South Africa, Namibia and Zambia. He won the 1935 May Ester Bedford Prize for Bantu literature. Sociological Imagination of S.E.K. Mqhayi Samuel Edward Krune Mqhayi Samuel Edward Krune Loliwe Ngxekengxeke Mqhayi (S. E. K. L. N Mqhayi, 1 December 1875–29 July 1945) was a Xhosa dramatist, essayist, critic, novelist, historian, biographer, translator and poet whose works are regarded as instrumental in standardising the grammar of isiXhosa and preserving the language in the 20 century. Mqhayi was born in the village of Gqumashe in the Thyume valley near Alice"
"new, delicate, unfashionable and fly in the face of power; and, intellectual and moral integrity. The award is named for Alan Paton, author of ""Cry, The Beloved Country"". The award is given in conjunction with the Barry Ronge Fiction Prize. Sunday Times Literary Awards The ""Sunday Times"" Literary Awards are composed of two awards, fiction and non-fiction, given by the South African newspaper the ""Sunday Times"". The awards are the Barry Ronge Fiction Prize (formerly ""Sunday Times"" Fiction Prize 2001–14) and the Alan Paton Award for works of non-fiction (1989-present). The prize was restructured in 2015 with the ""Sunday Times"""
"Doodle honored the researcher on what would have been his 115th birthday. In 1948, four months after the publication of ""Cry, The Beloved Country"", the separatist National Party came to power in South Africa. Paton, together with Margaret Ballinger, Edgar Brookes, and Leo Marquard, formed the Liberal Association in early 1953. On May 9 of that year it became the Liberal Party of South Africa, with Paton as a founding co-vice-president, which fought against the apartheid legislation introduced by the National Party. He served as president of the LPSA until its forced dissolution by the apartheid regime in the late"
"Uys' granddaughter, Lida Orffer was murdered with her family at their home in Stellenbosch. A collection of letters written by Uys Krige was published by Hemel & See Boeke in 2010 under the title ""Briewe van Uys Krige uit Frankryk en Spanje"". All publications are in Afrikaans unless otherwise noted. The English translations of the Afrikaans title s are given in brackets. Uys Krige Mattheus Uys Krige (4 February 1910 – 10 August 1987) was a South African writer of novels, short stories, poems and plays in both Afrikaans and English. He was born in Bontebokskloof (near Swellendam) in the"
"Zealander Katherine Mansfield published her first collection of short stories, ""In a German Pension"", in 1911. The first major novelist, writing in English, from the Indian sub-continent, R.K. Narayan, began publishing in England in the 1930s, thanks to the encouragement of English novelist Graham Greene. Caribbean writer Jean Rhys's writing career began as early as 1928, though her most famous work, ""Wide Sargasso Sea"", was not published until 1966. South Africa's Alan Paton's famous ""Cry, the Beloved Country"" dates from 1948. Doris Lessing from Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, was a dominant presence in the English literary scene, frequently publishing from"
"on his grandparents' lives, ""Merksteen"" (1998). Karel Schoeman Karel Schoeman (, 26 October 1939 in Trompsburg, South Africa – 1 May 2017 in Bloemfontein, South Africa) was a South African novelist, historian, translator and man of letters. He was the author of 19 novels and numerous works of history. He was one of South Africa's most honoured authors. Schoeman wrote primarily in Afrikaans, although several of his non-fiction books were originally written in English. His novels are increasingly being translated into other languages, notably, English, French and Dutch. Born in 1939 in Trompsburg, South Africa, Karel Schoeman matriculated in 1956"
"In the Heart of the Country In the Heart of the Country (1977) is an early novel by South African-born writer J. M. Coetzee. The book is one of Coetzee's more experimental novels and is narrated through 266 numbered paragraphs rather than chapters. The novel is narrated from the point of view of Magda, the white daughter of a widowed farmer in the Karoo semi-desert of the Western Cape. Much of the novel is narrated from within the claustrophobic confines of Magda's bedroom and throughout the narrative the unreliability of Magda's narration means the reader cannot be certain what is"
"Chris Barnard (author) Christian Johan Barnard (15 July 1939 – 28 December 2015), known as Chris Barnard, was a South African author and movie scriptwriter. He was known for writing Afrikaans novels, novellas, columns, youth novels, short stories, plays, radio dramas, film scripts and television dramas. Barnard was born in Mataffin in the Nelspruit district of South Africa on 15 July 1939, and matriculated at in 1957. He majored in Afrikaans-Nederlands and History of Art at the University of Pretoria. In the 1960s he and several other authors were notable figures in the Afrikaans literary movement known as ""Die Sestigers"""
"by John A. Williams John A. Williams John Alfred Williams (December 5, 1925 – July 3, 2015) was an African-American author, journalist, and academic. His novel ""The Man Who Cried I Am"" was a bestseller in 1967. Williams was born in Jackson, Mississippi, and his family moved to Syracuse, New York. After naval service in World War II, he graduated in 1950 from Syracuse University. He was a journalist for ""Ebony"", ""Jet"", and ""Newsweek"" magazines. His novels, which include ""The Angry Ones"" (1960) and ""The Man Who Cried I Am"" (1967), are mainly about the black experience in white America."
"Karel Schoeman Karel Schoeman (, 26 October 1939 in Trompsburg, South Africa – 1 May 2017 in Bloemfontein, South Africa) was a South African novelist, historian, translator and man of letters. He was the author of 19 novels and numerous works of history. He was one of South Africa's most honoured authors. Schoeman wrote primarily in Afrikaans, although several of his non-fiction books were originally written in English. His novels are increasingly being translated into other languages, notably, English, French and Dutch. Born in 1939 in Trompsburg, South Africa, Karel Schoeman matriculated in 1956 from Paarl Boys' High School. In"
"Judy Croome Judy Croome (born Judy-Ann Heinemann on 16 December 1958) is a South African novelist, short story writer, and poet, who was born in Zvishavane, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). She received a Master of Arts (English) degree from the University of South Africa. She currently lives in Johannesburg with her husband, tax advocate and author Dr Beric John Croome. Croome’s short stories and poetry have been published in ""The Huffington Post"", the University of Witwatersrand’s School of Literature, Language and Media’s ""Itch Magazine"" and in various print anthologies released by small presses in the United States and South Africa"
"who came to South Africa on missionary expeditions. It was not until after the 1920s that her story become a part of South African history. The novel ""Eilande"" by Dan Sleigh (1938), translated from Afrikaans by André Brink (in Dutch: 'Stemmen uit zee'/in English: 'Islands'), describes the lives of Krotoa and her daughter Pieternella from the viewpoints of seven men who knew them. As late as 1983, under the name of Eva, she was still known in South Africa, as a caution against miscegenation. In 1990, South African poet and author Karen Press wrote a poem entitled ""Krotoa’s Story"" that"
"Christopher van Wyk Chris van Wyk (19 July 1957 – 3 October 2014) was a South African children’s book author, novelist and poet. Van Wyk is famous for his poem ""In Detention"" on the suspicious deaths that befell South African political prisoners during Apartheid. He was also an editor at Ravan Press. Van Wyk was born in Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto. When he was a little older, his family moved to Riverlea, a suburb outside of Johannesburg. He was educated at Riverlea High School in Riverlea, Johannesburg, where he lived until 2005. His autobiographical novel ""Shirley, Goodness & Mercy"" details"
"William Plomer William Charles Franklyn Plomer CBE (he pronounced the surname as ""ploomer"") (10 December 1903 – 21 September 1973) was a South African and British author, known as a novelist, poet and literary editor. Self-described as an ""Anglo-African-Asian"", Plomer was educated mostly in the United Kingdom. He became famous in the Union of South Africa with his first novel, ""Turbott Wolfe"", which had inter-racial love and marriage as a theme. He was co-founder of the short-lived literary magazine ""Voorslag"" (""Whiplash"") with two other South African rebels, Roy Campbell and Laurens van der Post; it promoted a racially equal South"
"Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven (13 August 1873 – 15 July 1932), who published under his initials C.J. Langenhoven, was a South African poet who played a major role in the development of Afrikaans literature and cultural history. His poetry was one of the then young language's foremost promoters. He is best known to have written the words for the first national anthem of South Africa, ""Die Stem van Suid-Afrika"". He was affectionately known as ""Sagmoedige Neelsie"" (Gentle Neelsie) or ""Kerneels"". Langenhoven was born at Hoeko, near Ladismith, in the then Cape Colony, and later moved to Oudtshoorn where"
"Africa, the Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o wrote ""Weep Not, Child"" (1964), the first postcolonial novel about the East African experience of colonial imperialism; in ""The River Between"" (1965), with the Mau Mau Uprising (1952–60) as political background, he addressed the postcolonial matters of native religious culture, and the consequences of the imposition of Christianity, a religion culturally foreign to Kenya and to most of Africa; and the essay ""Decolonizing the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature"" (1986). In postcolonial countries of Africa, the Africans and the non–Africans live in a world of genders, ethnicities, classes and languages,"
"Uys Krige Mattheus Uys Krige (4 February 1910 – 10 August 1987) was a South African writer of novels, short stories, poems and plays in both Afrikaans and English. He was born in Bontebokskloof (near Swellendam) in the Cape Province and educated at the University of Stellenbosch. From 1931 to 1935 he lived in France and Spain, acquiring fluency in both languages. Whilst in France he played rugby for a club in Toulon, was a swimming coach on the Côte d'Azur, wrote poems and penned free-lance articles for the Afrikaans press. He returned to South Africa in 1935 and began"
"Scandinavia, England, continental Europe, Canada, and the United States. During his time in Norway, he began work on his seminal novel ""Cry, The Beloved Country"", which he completed over the course of his journey, finishing it on Christmas Eve in San Francisco in 1946. There, he met Aubrey and Marigold Burns, who read his manuscript and found a publisher: the editor Maxwell Perkins, noted for editing novels of Ernest Hemingway and Thomas Wolfe, guided Paton's first novel through publication with Scribner's. Paton published numerous books in the 1950s and became wealthy from their sales. On 11 January 2018, a Google"
"John A. Williams John Alfred Williams (December 5, 1925 – July 3, 2015) was an African-American author, journalist, and academic. His novel ""The Man Who Cried I Am"" was a bestseller in 1967. Williams was born in Jackson, Mississippi, and his family moved to Syracuse, New York. After naval service in World War II, he graduated in 1950 from Syracuse University. He was a journalist for ""Ebony"", ""Jet"", and ""Newsweek"" magazines. His novels, which include ""The Angry Ones"" (1960) and ""The Man Who Cried I Am"" (1967), are mainly about the black experience in white America. ""The Man Who Cried"
"men decide to take justice in their own hands and seek out the murders for themselves. Kisasi, the Justice Bird, cries out as the men set out to execute the killers. Cry of the Justice Bird Cry of the Justice Bird is the 2007 novel written by Jon Haylett. It is an action/adventure thriller based in the fictional African state of Boromundi. In an Africa ravaged by civil war, two women are pulled from a minibus, and are raped and mutilated. Armstrong MacKay, one of the dead women’s lover, enters the country to bring her body home. During the festivities"
"Lionel Ngakane Lionel Ngakane (17 July 1928 – 26 November 2003) was a South African filmmaker and actor. Born in Pretoria, South Africa, Ngakane was educated at Fort Hare University College and Wits University, and worked on ""Drum"" and ""Zonk"" magazines from 1948 to 1950. In 1950 he began his career in film as an assistant director and actor in the film version of ""Cry, the Beloved Country"" (1951), directed by Zoltan Korda. Shortly thereafter Ngakane went into exile in the United Kingdom. As an actor, he appeared in films, including ""The Mark of the Hawk"" in 1957 (with Eartha"