Miriam Tlali and Ravan Press: Politics and Power in Literary Publishing during the Apartheid Period.
In a committed anti-apartheid publisher like Ravan Press in the 1970s and 1980s, the selection of authors was usually based on political or ideological grounds as well as the quality of their writing. As a result, Ravan was harassed and subjected to censorship. But to what extent did Ravan's social...
| Published in: | Journal of Southern African Studies Vol. 44; no. 3; pp. 431 - 447 |
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Jun2018
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