| ID | 130645 |
| Title Proper | Lewis Nkosi's Durban |
| Other Title Information | an Indian Ocean city in flux |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Stiebel, Lindy |
| Publication | 2013. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Lewis Nkosi, the late exiled South African writer, and the city of Durban, an extended urban space of an estimated 3 million inhabitants, are incontrovertibly linked. This sprawling Indian Ocean town is where Nkosi was born, where he was educated as a small child, where he started his working career, and where he was finally buried on 10 September 2010. Given the centrality of Durban to Nkosi's life story, it is unsurprising that this city periodically appears in Nkosi's writing, both fictional and non-fictional, as a geographical 'setting' but also as a symbol of political change in South Africa. This paper, then, begins an evaluation of the role of 'Durban' and the Indian Ocean in the life and work of Nkosi, drawing from his novel Mating birds, and also from a little known article published in a Swiss newspaper, translated into German. Durban emerges from these various sources as a city in flux, a place of startling contrasts, a melting pot of peoples and a dream space called 'home' for this celebrated writer. |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Vol.9, No.2; December 2013: p.227-237 |
| Journal Source | Journal of the Indian Ocean Region Vol.9, No.2; December 2013: p.227-237 |
| Key Words | Lewis Nkosi ; Durban ; Indian Ocean ; Exile ; Home ; Flux ; South Africa ; Western Indian Ocean - WIO ; Geopolitics ; Geostrategic ; Political Change ; Indian Ocean Region - IOR ; Migration ; Maritime Policy ; Maritime Strategy ; Colonial States |