Ndebele, Njabulo Simakahle
About Njabulo Simakahle Ndebele
Biography (South African History Online)
Interviews
Browne, Judith. "My Cape Town." City Views, Aug. 2012
West, Mary. “Responding to Whiteness in Contemporary South African Life and Literature: An Interview with Njabulo S. Ndebele.” English in Africa, vol. 37, no. 1, May 2010
Napolitano, Joe. “Restoring Narrative, Narrating Justice: Njabulo Ndebele’s The Cry of Winnie Mandela and the Complication of Truth and Reconciliation.” Migrations and Creative Expressions in Africa and the African Diaspora, Falola et al. (eds.), 2008
Turkington, Tara. "In Conversation with Njabulo Ndebele." NMF, Mar. 2008
Fehnel, Richard. "Reflections on Being Vice-Chancellor." Homepage of Njabulo Simakahle Ndebele, May 2001
Criticism
Bamidele, Dele, and Blessing Abuh. “The Predicament of Women in a Postmodern World: A Reading of Njabulo Ndebele’s The Cry of Winnie Mandela.” Matat, vol. 49, no. 1, 2017
Mussi, Francesca. “The TRC and Njabulo Ndebele’s The Cry of Winnie Mandela: Claiming an ‘Ordinary’ Female Space.” Anglistica Pisana, vol. 13, no. 1–2, 2016
Akujobi, Remi. “Waiting and the Legacy of Apartheid: Constructing the Family in Njabulo Ndebele’s The Cry of Winnie Mandela.” Matatu, vol. 48, no. 1, 2016
Thackwray, Sara. “‘Storytellers, Not Just Case Makers’? A Study of Storytelling in the Essays of Njabulo S. Ndebele.” Current Writing: Text and Reception in Southern Africa, vol. 26, no. 1, May 2014
Fuchs, Anne. “Njabulo Ndebele: From Rediscovering the ‘Ordinary’ to Redefining South African ‘Renaissance.’” Engaging with Literature of Commitment, Volume 1: Africa in the World, Collier et al. (eds.), 2012
Masilela, Ntongela. “The Historical and Literary Moment of Njabulo S. Ndebele.” English in Africa, vol. 36, no. 1, May 2009
Driver, Dorothy. “‘On These Premises I Am the Government’: Njabulo Ndebele’s The Cry of Winnie Mandela and the Reconstructions of Gender and Nation.” Africa Writing Europe: Opposition, Juxtaposition, Entanglement, Olaussen and Angelfors (eds.), 2009
Liatsos, Yianna. “Truth, Confession and the Post-Apartheid Black Consciousness in Njabulo Ndebele’s The Cry of Winnie Mandela.” Modern Confessional Writing: New Critical Essays, Gill (ed.), 2006
Medalie, David. “The Cry of Winnie Mandela: Njabulo Ndebele’s Post-Apartheid Novel.” English Studies in Africa, vol. 49, no. 2, 2006
Maithufi, Sope. “Black Christianity as Intellectual Resource in Njabulo Ndebele’s Fools and Other Stories.” English in Africa, vol. 31, no. 1, May 2004
MacKenzie, Craig. “The Use of Orality in the Short Stories of A. C. Jordan, Mtutuzeli Matshoba, Njabulo Ndebele, and Bessie Head.” African Writers and Their Readers, Falola and Harlow (eds.), 2002
Collins, John. “Exploring Children’s Territory: Ghassan Kanafani, Njabulo Ndebele and the `generation’ of..” Arab Studies Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 4, 1996
Works
Novels
Fine Lines From the Box (2007)
The Cry of Winnie Mandela (2003)
Death of a Son (1996)
Sarah, Rings and I (1993)
Bonolo and the Peach Tree (1991)
The Rediscovery of the Ordinary (1991)
The Prophetess (1989)
Fools and Other Stories (1983)
Essays/Articles/Non-Fiction/Short Stories
"Marikana Aftermath - My Mother and the Miners." City Press, 1 Sep. 2012
"Liberation Betrayed by Bloodshed." City Press, 24 Aug. 2012
"Freedom is a Killer." City Press, 29 Jul. 2012
"The Emperor is Naked." City Press, 17 Jun. 2012
"Sadtu's revolution must not forget Teacher X." City Press, 10 Jun. 2012
"The Curious Case of Police Officer James." City Press, 15 Apr. 2012
"A Law Unto Ourself." City Press, 25 Mar. 2012
"A Meditation on Corruption." City Press, 22 Jan. 2012
"Thinking of Malema on the Day of Reconciliation." Sunday Times, 24 Dec. 2011
"What Must Be Done." Sunday Times, 2 Oct. 2011
"South Africa in a State of Disorientation." Sunday Times, 25 Sep. 2011
"Toxic Politics: Diary of a Bad Year." Mail&Guardian, 23 Dec. 2010
"Of Pretence and Protest." Mail&Guardian, 23 Sep. 2009
Audio and Audiovisual Material