Introduction

The Power of Autobiography in Southern Africa

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Introduction

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Maurice T. Vambe, University of South Africa

Prof. Maurice T. Vambe is the author of African Oral Story Telling Tradition and the Zimbabwean Novel in English (2004). He co-edited the book, Charles Mungoshi: A Critical Reader (2006), and has guest edited Muziki: Journal of Music Research in Africa (2007). He lectures in the Department of English at the University of South Africa.

Anthony Chennells, University of Pretoria

Anthony Chennells has been Extraordinary Professor of English at the University of Pretoria since 2004 and is Professor of Literature at Arrupe College, Jesuit School of Philosophy and Humanities, Harare. He worked in the Department of English at the University of Zimbabwe for many years from where he retired as Associate Professor in 2002. His current research interests include reading Rhodesian and Zimbabwean literature in different theoretical and literary contexts.

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2009-03-01

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Vambe, Maurice T., and Anthony Chennells. 2009. “Introduction: The Power of Autobiography in Southern Africa ”. Journal of Literary Studies 25 (1):1-7. https://unisapressjournals.co.za/index.php/jls/article/view/12508.

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Vol. 25 No. 1 (2009): Special Issue I

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