A major characteristic of this writing is the emphasis on the porosity of identity boundaries: that people can be more than just one thing at any given time. This is writing after 1994 brought democratic elections to the country. Testament to his legacy, the South African Literary Awards gives a prize in his name every year to writers under 40.ĭuiker is considered a key voice in what some scholars refer to as South Africa’s post-transitional literature. His works have been republished within and outside South Africa and continue to be the subject of both academic and social media discussions. Since 2005, when he took his own life at the age of 30, his importance to the body of African literature has become even more evident. Sello Duiker would have turned 48 on 13 April 2022.
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