Amazwi South African Museum of Literature

Amazwi South African Museum of Literature Amazwi South African Museum of Literature is the custodian of South Africa's literary heritage. Welcome to the official digital home of Amazwi Museums.
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Amazwi collects, preserves and promotes the literature of South Africa's official languages. This is a space to celebrate South African literary heritage, to explore our archives, and to engage in meaningful cultural dialogue. To ensure this remains a welcoming environment for everyone, we ask our community to follow these guidelines:

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LITERATURE HERITAGE ECOLOGY CONFERENCE 2027The Call for Papers for the 2027 Amazwi Literature Heritage Ecology Conferenc...
03/06/2026

LITERATURE HERITAGE ECOLOGY CONFERENCE 2027

The Call for Papers for the 2027 Amazwi Literature Heritage Ecology Conference is open. With a direct focus on Indigenous Knowledge Systems, this conference invites contributions that explore alternatives to the dominant ways of thinking and being that are leading us towards disaster.

DATES | 3 & 4 March 2027
VENUE | Amazwi, Makhanda

Abstracts deadline | 1 November 2026 | Submit here: https://shorturl.at/cKyiF
Early-bird rate valid until 1 November 2026

PRO TIP: Register when you submit your abstract, and lock in the early bird discount.

Full CFP and details on Amazwi's website: https://shorturl.at/FU6yH

STORYTIME AT AMAZWI! 🏦🎢Tomorrow is Storytime at Amazwi! Tiny tots and their parents or caregivers are invited to join Am...
02/06/2026

STORYTIME AT AMAZWI! 🏦🎢

Tomorrow is Storytime at Amazwi! Tiny tots and their parents or caregivers are invited to join Amazwi staff between 11:00 and 12:00 for this early childhood reading programme.

DATE | 3 June 2026
TIME | 11:00 to 12:00
VENUE | Amazwi, 25a Worcester Street



Amazwi is proud to support the literacy goals of the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture.

02/06/2026
2026 KAROO WRITERS FESTIVALThis exciting event will take place on 18, 19 and 20 June at Amazwi's Olive Schreiner House M...
27/05/2026

2026 KAROO WRITERS FESTIVAL

This exciting event will take place on 18, 19 and 20 June at Amazwi's Olive Schreiner House Museum and Victoria Manor Hotel in Nxuba (Cradock).

The full programme can be accessed here (PDF): https://shorturl.at/doGR

Programme highlights include a workshop with Tammy Southby of Sunshine Simplicities, and a dinner with a celebrity chef! (Check out the programme to find out who it is 🙂).

Join us in Nxuba for a weekend of creativity and fun.



Die Tuishuise and Victoria Manor Schreiner: Karoo Writers Festival

Good morning! Amazwi welcomes visitors of all sorts to the museum. The roving donkeys of Makhanda are a feature of the c...
26/05/2026

Good morning! Amazwi welcomes visitors of all sorts to the museum. The roving donkeys of Makhanda are a feature of the city, kind of like an Eastern Cape version of the horses in Kaapsehoop, Mpumalanga.

🌍 This Africa Day, Amazwi looks to how heritage can rewrite the future of planetary well-being 🌿LITERATURE HERITAGE ECOL...
25/05/2026

🌍 This Africa Day, Amazwi looks to how heritage can rewrite the future of planetary well-being 🌿

LITERATURE HERITAGE ECOLOGY CONFERENCE 2027 | CALL FOR PAPERS NOW OPEN

‘The land does not belong to us. We belong to the land.’ Zakes Mda

The quest of the European Enlightenment for ‘universal truths’ historically ignored local realities, and codified a ‘Great Separation’ between humanity and nature. The result? The global social-ecological crises we face today.

This Africa Day, Amazwi South African Museum of Literature is thrilled to launch the Call for Papers for our 9th Annual Literature Heritage Ecology (LHE) Conference to be held on 3 & 4 March 2027, at Amazwi in Makhanda!

This year's theme, ‘Indigenous Knowledge Systems for a New Era of Enlightenment,’ is a call to action. We are bringing land- and sea-based wisdom into global conversations to displace extractive paradigms and cultivate new pathways to systemic healing for all living things. If your work explores the intersection of IKS with Literature, Heritage, or Ecology, we want to hear from you. Together we can build hope and generate action for social-ecological restoration.

👉 Abstract Deadline: 1 November 2026
👉 Format: In-person event

🔗 View the full Call for Papers (PDF): https://shorturl.at/srMJo

Themes cover the full range of environmental humanities and sciences, from IKS in the age of AI through to the Blue Humanities.

Submit your abstract: https://shorturl.at/cKyiF
Register: https://shorturl.at/ER5TV



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New Contrast Literary Journal is accepting submissions of creative writing. See their post for details, including submis...
25/05/2026

New Contrast Literary Journal is accepting submissions of creative writing. See their post for details, including submission guidelines.

SUBMISSIONS OPEN FOR ISSUE 212 ARE NOW OPEN

We are accepting submissions for poetry, fiction, flash fiction, creative non-fiction and reviews.

Please read our guidelines carefully to make sure your submissions will be read and considered.

We accept submissions in English, isiXhosa and Afrikaans.

Please note we only accept submissions via Submittable! No email or DM submissions will be considered. Link in bio.

Artwork is from our 211 cover by Ruschka Du Toit

Happy writing! ✍️

STORYTIME AT AMAZWIStorytime is on at Amazwi this Wednesday. Children aged 0 to 5 (and a little older if they're keen. W...
25/05/2026

STORYTIME AT AMAZWI

Storytime is on at Amazwi this Wednesday. Children aged 0 to 5 (and a little older if they're keen. We welcome everyone) are invited to come to Amazwi with their parents or caregivers, for a morning of storytelling, singing, colouring and play with blocks and playdough.

Storytime is multilingual, in English, isiXhosa and Afrikaans, and emphasis is placed on on language each week. This week is ... Afrikaans!

WHEN | Wednesday 27 May, 11:00 to 12:00
WHERE | Amazwi, 25a Worcester Street, Makhanda

Address

25A Worcester Street
Grahamstown
6139

Opening Hours

Monday 08:30 - 16:30
Tuesday 08:30 - 16:30
Wednesday 08:30 - 16:30
Thursday 08:30 - 16:30
Friday 08:30 - 16:30

Telephone

(+27) 0466227042

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