Foundational African Writers: Peter Abrahams, Noni Jabavu, Sibusiso Nyembezi and Esâ kia Mphahlele

Bhekizizwe (Bheki) Peterson, was a South African intellectual, script writer and film producer and Professor of African Literature at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. He published extensively on African literature, performance and cultural studies as well as Black intellectual traditions in South Africa.

Khwezi Mkhize is Lecturer in the Department of African Literature at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and co-editor of the journal African Studies. He is the author of numerous essays and co-editor of Foundational African Writers: Peter Abrahams, Noni Jabavu, Sibusiso Nyembezi and Es’kia Mphahlele.

Makhosazana Xaba is a research associate at the Wits Institute of Social and Economic Research (WiSER). She is a multi-genre anthologist, and has published three poetry collections and an award-winning collection of short stories.

Jill Bradbury is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand and a principal investigator in the Narrative Enquiry for Social Transformation programme.

Hugo Canham is Associate Professor of Psychology in the School of Human and Community Development, University of the Witwatersrand, and a research affiliate of NEST (Narrative Enquiry for Social Transformation).