Literature in Colonial South Africa: A Contextual Overview

English

The history of the South African nation is marred with a complex and difficult to understand racial dynamics. It must be understood that South Africa has constantly been subject to colonial violence throughout its immensely complicated racial history. But during such racial conflicts, it cannot be undermined that an immense wealth of literature has emerged, both by Black and by White writers who have enriched the literary history of the nation. Amongst these writers of eminence, there are writers like J. M. Coetzee, Nadine Gordimer and Andre Brink who have registered in their writings the trials and tribulations of the South African people who had to undergo a lot of suffering due to the racial muddle that the colonial regime generated. In this context, this article is an attempt to outline the immensely rich literary heritage of the nation with specific reference to a few black and white writers who have their remarkable contributions for the growth of South African literature.

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