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Indian Roots South African Heart

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Sita Gandhi

Sita Gandhi Sita Gandhi (1928-1999) was Mahatma Gandhi’s granddaughter. She wrote a memoir of her childhood in Phoenix Settlement, titled Sita – Memoirs of

Bessie Head

Bessie Head Bessie Head (1937-1986), one of Africa’s most prominent writers, was born in Pietermaritzburg’s Fort Napier Mental Institution. The child of an “illicit”

Credo Mutwa

Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa (1921 – ) was born in Natal. His father was a former Catholic catechist from the Embo district

Harold Strachan

Harold Strachan Harold Strachan (1925 – 2020) was born in Pretoria. He obtained a BA (FA) from the University if Pretoria, and won an

Alex Coutts

Alex Coutts Dr Alex Coutts is a retired Deputy Rector of the Edgewood College of Education. He has Doctorates in Education (UNISA) and Philosophy

Elleke Boehmer

Elleke Boehmer Elleke Boehmer (1961-) was born to Dutch parents in Durban, South Africa in 1961. She was educated in South Africa and at

What is Literary Tourism?

Literary Tourism is tourism that deals with places and events from fictional texts as well as the lives of their authors. This could include following the route a fictional character charts in a novel, visiting particular settings from a story or tracking down the haunts of a novelist.

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Hello and welcome to the KZN Literary Tourism website. Through this site, we aim to provide an invaluable resource for those interested in the relatively new field of Literary Tourism as well as provide information on the work we are currently doing from our base in Durban, South Africa.