Goretti Kyomuhendo and Hein Willemse Reading
Peter Nazareth introduces Goretti Kyomuhendo, a fiction writer from Uganda. Kyomuhendo reads “Because I Love this Land,” a poem written by another author. Kyomuhendo then reads from her work Secrets No More and her short story “Do You Remember?” Kyomuhendo’s writings deal with the violence and the genocide that took place in Uganda. Nazareth then introduces Hein Willemse, a professor and writer from South Africa. Willemse writes in Afrikaans and he talks about the controversy surrounding the use of this language. Willemse also discusses the government of South Africa and the problems taking place there. He is also a syndicated newspaper columnist and the editor-in-chief of the oldest peer-reviewed literary journal in South Africa, Tydskrif vir letterkunde, which he also talks about.
In: International Writing Program Archive | Fiction
Authors: Goretti Kyomuhendo , Hein Willemse
Date Recorded: October 18, 2004
Works Read:
Works by Goretti Kyomuhendo: “Because I Love this Land.” Secrets No More, Do You Remember?.
Program: Shambaugh House Readings
Format: reading
Contributors: Peter Nazareth
Topics: Life; violence; genocide; Uganda; Africa; government; politics; women
Note: Sound quality is extremely poor.