Returning Home - Lewis Nkosi
Conversation with Lewis Nkosi, South African journalist, writer and
professor of literature, November 1999
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Lewis Nkosi (1936–2010), born in Embo (KwaZulu-Natal, South
Africa), was an acclaimed journalist, writer and professor of
literature in various African and European countries as well as in
the USA. Living in exile since 1960, he resided in Basel between
1997 and 2010. On 11th November 1999 he gave a reading from his
novels at the BAB. In this extract of the ensuing conversation, he
talks about his identity as a writer and the experience of arriving
in exile in London in 1960 and returning to South Africa in 1991.
Africa), was an acclaimed journalist, writer and professor of
literature in various African and European countries as well as in
the USA. Living in exile since 1960, he resided in Basel between
1997 and 2010. On 11th November 1999 he gave a reading from his
novels at the BAB. In this extract of the ensuing conversation, he
talks about his identity as a writer and the experience of arriving
in exile in London in 1960 and returning to South Africa in 1991.
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