Time of the Writer Festival - Previous Participants

Presented by the Centre for Creative Arts (UKZN) the Time of the Writer is an annual international festival of writers running since 1998, featuring about 20 writers from a dozen or so different countries, and involving readings, presentations, panel discussions, debates, workshops, publishing fora, book-launches, short-story competitions, a wide-reaching school visiting programme, a creative writing programme in prison, live music, and more.

Biographies of the 1998-2001 participants are not available on-line

Abani, Chris (Nigeria) 2006
Abouzeid, Leila (Morocco) 2004
Accone, Darryl (South Africa) 2004
Adeniran, Sade (Nigeria) 2009
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi (Nigeria) 2003
Adimora-Ezeigbo, Akachi (Nigeria) 2002
Agualusa, José Eduardo (Angola) 2006
Aidoo, Ama Ata (Ghana) 2002
Ajidarma, Seno Gumira (Indonesia) 2002
Ali Waberi, Abdourahman (Djibouti) 1998
Asare, Meshack (Ghana) 2003
Arion, Frank Martinus (Curacao) 2002
Awoonor, Kofi (Ghana) 2004

Baingana, Doreen (Uganda), 2007
Barnard, Benno (Netherlands) 2002
Benali, Abdelkader (Morroco/Netherlands ) 2006
Bernlef, J (Netherlands) 2001
Bessora (Gabon/Switzerland) 2005
Beti, Mongo (Cameroon) 2001
Boni, Tanella (Cote de Ivoire) 2005
Breytenbach, Breyten (South Africa) 1998, 2008
Brink, Andre (South Africa) 2005
Brutus, Dennis (South Africa) 2006
Bugul, Ken (Senegal) 2002

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Chapman, Michael (South Africa), 2007
Chakava, Henry (Kenya) 2008
Chikwava, Brian (Zimbabwe) 2006
Chinodya, Shimmer (Zimbabwe) 2002
Coovadia, Imraan (South Africa), 2007
Couao-Zotti, Florent (Benin) 2003
Condé, Maryse (Guadeloupe) 2000
Confiant, Raphaël (Martinique) 2002
Couto, Mia (Mozambique) 2001, 2009

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Dangarembga, Tsitsi (Zimbabwe) 1999, 2007
Dangor, Achmat (South Africa) 2002
Darbellay, Claude (Switzerland) 1999
Darko, Ama (Ghana) 2001
Davidar, David (India) 2002
De Souza, Carl (Mauritius) 2003
Desai, Ashwin (South Africa) 2003
Devi, Ananda (Mauritius) 2008
Dido E K M (South Africa) 2001
Diome, Fatou (Senegal) 2009
Djemaï, Abdelkader (Algérie) 1998
Dongala, Emmanuel (Congo - Brazzaville ) 2008
Dow, Unity (Botswana) 2004
Drabble, Margaret (United Kingdom) 2000
du Preez, Max (South Africa) 2008, 2009
Duff, Alan (New Zealand) 1999

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Eaton, Tom (South Africa) 2007
Edjabe, Ntone (Cameroon South Africa), 2007
Elmi, Idris Youssouf (Djibouti) 1998

El Saadawi, Nawal (Egypt) 2005
Efoui, Kossi (Togo) 2002
Erouart-Siad, Patrick (Djibouti) 1999
Evans, David (England/South Africa) 2008
Evaristo, Bernardine (United Kingdom) 2006

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Farah, Nuruddin (Somalia) 2003

Fleutiaux, Pierrette (France) 1999
Forster, Dayo (The Gambia/Kenya) 2008

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Germain, Sylvie (France) 2000

Ghosh, Amitav (India) 2006

Glissant, Edouard (France)1998
Gordimer, Nadine (South Africa) 2002
Govender, Ronnie (South Africa) 2001, 2007
Green, Michael Cawood (South Africa) 2008
Grunberg, Arnon (Netherlands) 1999
Gudmundsson, Einar Már (Iceland) 2000
Gurnah, Abdulrazak (Zanzibar) 2005

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Hassim, Aziz (South Africa) 2003
Habila, Helon (Nigeria) 2004
Hemer, Oscar (Sweden), 2007
Hertmans, Stefan (Belgium) 2002
Hetata, Sherif (Egypt) 2002
Hobbs , Jenny (South Africa) 1999
Holland , Tom (England) 1999
Hove, Chenjerai (Zimbabwe) 2004
Huston, Nancy (Canada) 2000

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Ibrahim, Sonallah (Egypt) 2004
Isegawa, Moses (Uganda) 2009

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Jacobs, Rayda (South Africa) 2005
Japin, Arthur (Netherlands) 2003

Jooste, Pamela (South Africa) 1999
Joris, Lieve (Belgium) 2000

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Kahora, Billy (Kenya) 2009
Kanengoni, Alexander (Zimbabwe) 2001
Karodia, Farida (South Africa) 1998
Khumalo, Fred (South Africa), 2007
Kikamba, Simao (Angola/South Africa) 2008
Koboekae, Martin (South Africa) 2005
Komla-Ebri, Kossi (Togo/Italy) 2005
Kourouma, Ahmadou (Ivory Coast) 2000
Krog, Antje (South Africa) 2004
Kunzru, Hari (UK) 2005
Kyomuhendo, Goretti (Uganda) 2000

Laferrière, Dany (Haiti) 2001
Langa, Mandla (South Africa) 2001, 2009
Lanoye, Tom (Belgium), 2007
Lincoln,Christine (U.S.A.) 2001

Mafela, James (South Africa) 2005
Magona, Sindiwe (South Africa) 2004
Mahala, Siphiwo (South Africa) 2009
Mahjoub, Jamal (Sudan) 2002
Makhambeni, Ncamisile (South Africa) 2005
Makholwa, Angela (South Africa) 2009
Maimane, Arthur (South Africa) 2001
Mamdani, Mahmood (Uganda) 2003
Masilela, Johnny (South Africa) 1999
Matlwa, Kopano (South Africa) 2008
Matshikiza, John (South Africa) 2003
Matshoba, Mtutuzeli (South Africa) 2009
Mazrui, Ali (Kenya) 2004
McLeod-Ferrier, Cynthia (Surinam) 2002
Mda, Zakes (South Africa) 1998, 2004
Mengestu, Dinaw (Ethiopia) 2009
Meyer, Deon (South Africa) 2009
Mhiripiri, Nhamo (Zimbabwe) 2002
Mhlophe, Gcina (South Africa) 2002, 2004
Mhlongo, Niq (South Africa) 2005
Miller, Kirsten (South Africa) 2008
Miti, Lazarus (Zambia) 2000
Miyeni, Eric (South Africa) 2006
Mphahlele, Es'kia (South Africa) 2003
Mokae, Gomolemo (South Africa) 2000
Molope, Kagiso Lesego (South Africa) 2006
Monenembo, Tierno (Guinée) 1998
Mukagasana, Yolande (Rwanda) 2004
Mungoshi, Charles (Zimbabwe) 2008
Mzamane, Mbulelo (South Africa) 2008
Mutasa, David (South Africa) 2005

Ndebele, Njabulo (South Africa) 2004
Nganang, Patrice (Cameroon) 2006
Ngcobo, Lauretta (South Africa) 2003
Ngubo, Gladman (South Africa) 2005
Nkosi, Lewis (South Africa) 2003
Nicol, Mike (South Africa) 2009
Nimrod (Chad) 2002
Ntshingila, Futhi (South Africa) 2009
Ntuli, DBZ (South Africa) 2005
Nurse, Justin (South Africa) 2007
Nyeko, Monica Arac de (Uganda) 2006
Nxumalo, OEHM (South Africa) 2006

O., Rachid (Algérie) 1999
Ombre, Ellen (Surinam) 2003
Omotoso, Kole (Nigeria/South Africa) 2009
Orford, Margie(South Africa) 2009
Otten, Christian (Netherlands) 2002
Owuor, Yvonne Adhiambo (Kenya) 2004

Patel, Shailja (Kenya) 2008
Pépin, Ernest (Guadeloupe) 2001
Pilger, John (Australia) 2008
Pineau, Gisele (Guadeloupe/France) 2003
Poland, Marguerite (South Africa) 1998, 2006

Rakotoson, Michèle (Madagascar) 2001
Ramdas, Anil (Surinam/Netherlands/India) 2003
Rapola, Zachariah (South Africa) 2009
Richards, Jo-Anne (South Africa) 2008
Rose-Innes, Henrietta (South Africa) 2005
Roy, Arundhati (India) 2003
Rui Monteiro, Manuel (Angola) 2005

Sachs, Albie (South Africa) 2004
Saule, Ncedile (South Africa) 2005
Schertenleib, Hansjörg (Switzerland) 2001
Schweikert, Ruth (Switzerland) 2000
Sherif, Vamba (Liberia/Netherlands) 2007
Shinji, Tajima (Japan) 2003
Shakib, Siba (Iran) 2005
Shukri, Ishtiyaq (South Africa) 2006
Sibiya, Nakanjani (South Africa) 2006
Sisulu, Elinor (Zimbabwe/South Africa) 2004
Sithebe, Angelina (South Africa) 2008
Slovo, Gillian (South Africa) 1999
Sow Fall, Aminata(Senegal), 2007
Soyinka, Wole (Nigeria) 1998
Staunton, Irene (Zimbabwe) 2008

Tadjo, Veronique (Ivory Coast) 1999, 2004
Tagwira, Valerie Zimbabwe) 2009
Tchak, Sami (Togo) 2005
Tlali, Miriam (South Africa), 2007
Trapido, Barbara (United Kingdom) 1998
Trollope, Joanna (United Kingdom) 2000
Turner, Jann (South Africa) 2004

Unigwe, Chika (Nigeria), 2007
Utami, Ayu (Indonesia) 2006

van Dis, Adriaan (Netherlands) 2000
van Heerden, Etienne (South Africa) 1999
van Niekerk, Marlene (South Africa) 1999
van de Ruit, John (South Africa) 2006
van der Vyver, Marita (South Africa) 2006
van Niekerk, Marlene (South Africa) 2009
van Woerden, Henk (Netherlands) 2002
Van Wyk, Chris (South Africa) 2005
Vassanji, MG (Kenya/Canada) 2005
Vera, Yvonne (Zimbabwe) 1998
Viljoen, Lettie (South Africa) 1998
Vladislavic, Ivan (South Africa) 1998, 2000

Wa Thiong'o, Ngũgĩ (Kenya) 2007
Wainaina, Binyavanga (Kenya) 2003
Wanner, Zukiswa (South Africa), 2007
Watson, Mary (South Africa), 2007
Weinberger, Eliot (USA) 2006
Wijaya, Putu (Indonesia) 2003
Wicomb, Zoë (South Africa) 2001
Winterbach, Ingrid (South Africa) 2006

Yoka, Lye (Democratic Republic of the Congo) 2004

Zapiro (South Africa) 2006, 2009

Zeeman, Michaël (Netherlands) 2002

Zulu, Nogwaja Shadrack (South Africa) 2005

Last updated on 12 December 2006

Original photography by: Val Adamson, Rafs Mayet, Precious Ngcobo, Jeeva Rajgopaul, Monica Rorvik, and Peter Rorvik