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Tracing the (Post)Apartheid Novel beyond 2000 (Danyela Dimakatso Demir & Olivier Moreillon, eds.) 追溯2000年以后的（后）种族隔离小说（Danyela Dimakatso Demir和Olivier Moreillon编辑）

IF 0.3 3区文学

Tydskrif vir letterkunde Pub Date : 2022-11-21 DOI: 10.17159/tl.v59i2.14497

Nonki Motahane

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African Performance Arts and Political Acts (Naomi André, Yolanda Covington-Ward & Jendele Hungbo, eds.) 非洲表演艺术和政治行为(Naomi andr<s:1>， Yolanda Covington-Ward & Jendele Hungbo编辑)

IF 0.3 3区文学

Tydskrif vir letterkunde Pub Date : 2022-11-21 DOI: 10.17159/tl.v59i2.14352

Kwabena Opoku-Agyemang

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Autobiographik in Afrika: Literaturgeschichte und Genrevielfalt (Susanne Gehrmann) 非洲亲生故事:文学与基因学

IF 0.3 3区文学

Tydskrif vir letterkunde Pub Date : 2022-11-21 DOI: 10.17159/tl.v59i2.14246

Hannah Pardey

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Womanism in Crépuscule du tourment: Mélancolie by Léonora Miano 《折磨的黄昏:忧郁》作者:leonora Miano

IF 0.3 3区文学

Tydskrif vir letterkunde Pub Date : 2022-10-25 DOI: 10.17159/tl.v59i2.13047

Madeleine Tonleu, Annamarie De Beer, E. Snyman

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Orisa Sanponna: Indigenous health systems, disability, and morality in Osofisan’s dramaturgy Orisa Sanponna：Osofisan戏剧中的土著卫生系统、残疾和道德

IF 0.3 3区文学

Tydskrif vir letterkunde Pub Date : 2022-09-30 DOI: 10.17159/tl.v59i2.11931

Olusegun Olu-Osayomi, Babatunde Adebua

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Towards reconstructing Africa: Recuperation and responsibility in Ayi Kwei Armah’s The Healers 走向重建非洲：艾的《治愈者》中的救赎与责任

IF 0.3 3区文学

Tydskrif vir letterkunde Pub Date : 2022-09-28 DOI: 10.17159/tl.v59i2.13220

A. Asaah, Tao Zou

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In die gees van die Dionisiese: Marlene van Niekerk se aanhangersbrief aan Freddy Mercury 在酒神主义者的精神：尼克尔克的玛琳对弗雷迪·墨丘利的关注。

IF 0.3 3区文学

Tydskrif vir letterkunde Pub Date : 2022-09-26 DOI: 10.17159/tl.v59i2.13422

M. Crous

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Afrika-oraliteit by Eugène Marais: die wisselwerking tussen enkele “Sangedigte” en Dwaalstories

IF 0.3 3区文学

Tydskrif vir letterkunde Pub Date : 2022-09-18 DOI: 10.17159/tl.v59i3.12069

Jacomien van Niekerk

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Sarraounia, love, and the postcolony 萨拉乌尼亚，爱情，和后殖民地

IF 0.3 3区文学

Tydskrif vir letterkunde Pub Date : 2022-09-18 DOI: 10.17159/tl.v59i3.14321

Antoinette Tidjani Alou

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Om die “ruimland […] van nuuts af oop [te] bou”: ’n Woordjie oor Hein Willemse 建造“开放的新闻室”，这是关于海因·威廉姆斯的一句话

IF 0.3 3区文学

Tydskrif vir letterkunde Pub Date : 2022-09-18 DOI: 10.17159/tl.v59i3.14087

Frank Hendricks

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