Athol Fugard: the great South African playwright who captured what it means to be human
His characters – tramps, discarded people, poor people, people on the fringes – are connected with all the people we know of ...
Athol Fugard: Death of a great South African playwright
Athol Fugard, who has died aged 92, was widely acclaimed as one of South Africa's greatest playwrights. The son of an Afrikaner mother, he was best known for his politically charged plays challenging ...
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Binyavanga: The literary gangster who told Africa’s stories most powerfully
Binyavanga was a great Kenyan. Like Chinua Achebe before him, Binyavanga will be remembered for helping to initiate and promote literary production by a new breed of Kenyan and African writers.
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Athol Fugard: Death of a great South African playwright
"We were cursed with apartheid, but blessed with great artists who shone ... "I think the present society in South Africa needs the vigilance of writers, every bit as much as the old one did.