South Africa Childrens Literature

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SOUTH AFRICA :SOUTH AFRICA Brief History   Issues in Literature   Authors, Illustrators, and the Publishers of Children's Literature


Slide 2:Native People: Xhosas, Zulus, Pedis, Sotho, Tswana, Swazi, Vendas, Tsonga, and Ndebeles   Settlers in 1800's: English, Dutch, French, German (plus  Indian servant class) - English < 20% population, yet owned 90% of land   - Only eligible landowners could voters   - Elections of 1994 change political and social landscape   - April 2009 Elections coming soon and worth monitoring!


Slide 3:Children's literature of the 70s & 80s     - Predominantly English and Dutch language books     - Varying treatment of social and political realities         - Treatment of African heritage/beliefs as primative         - Children in fantasy stories coming together     - Early subversion threatened the government => banned   90's brought some change     - Awards in each of the 11 official languages     - Fiction explores history & change in politics & society         - "Rose-colored glasses"         - Racial division persists (from blantant to subtle) The current political & social scene continues to challenge the literary world.


Slide 4:Current Literary Affairs "Publishing is a funny business, it is not as simple as other businesses - perhaps because it is about making culture." - Colleen Higgs (of Modjaji Books) Publishing practices: - Smaller companies - Print to order - Classroom textbooks    choosen by teachers - Teachers beginning to use    literature Trends: - Moving toward publishing    in a "mother language." - Focus on literature that    sells - Reading for pleasure is a    growing notion Writers & poets are aiming to make their works artistically and morally right.


Slide 5:Featured Authors & Illustrators: Joan Rankin Reviva Schermbrucker Wendy Hartmann Dianne Stewart Jude Daly Niki Daly Ingrid Mennen (More at CLRU) Books of Interest: 100 Representative South African Books for Children and Young People (IBBY Resources)


Slide 6:Publishers: List of large printing houses at IBBY   Sample Independent Publishers Bakame Editions Electric Books


Slide 7:Articles of Interest:   Inggs, J. (2001). Bringing the strands of history together: myth and legend in contemporary South African English children's literature. South African Journal of Library & Information Science, 67(1), 1. Retrieved March 27, 2009, from Academic Search Premier database.   Posada, M. C. (2006). IBBY and Africa in 2006: Life afer Cape Town. Birdbok. 44(1), 54-6. Retrieved February 27, 2009, from Academic Search Premier database.   Warren, C. (2008). South Africa. The Journal of Commonwealth Literature, 43(1), 183-217.  Retrieved March 15, 2009, from Academic Search Premier database.