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Associate Professor
Name: Nedine Moonsamy
Location: B-Ring 722 Auckland Park Kingsway Campus
Department of English Staff, Rated Researchers听 Staff Members
Contact Details:
Tel: 011 559 4555
Email:听nedinem@uj.ac.za
About Prof Nedine Moonsamy
Nedine Moonsamy听is interested in a host of areas that include literary theory, South African literature, cultural studies, nostalgia, time, postcolonialism, autobiography, photography, film听and听science fiction in Africa. She is currently working on听a monograph entitled听Crisis and Catharsis: Rewriting the Nation in Contemporary South African Fiction听while launching a concurrent research project on science fiction in Africa.听Her second听project examines how听African authors adapt the science fiction genre to suit the continent, its sociopolitical complexities and the nuances of its varying cultural milieus. Her听debut novel,听The Unfamous Five听(Modjaji Books, 2019) was shortlisted for the HSS Fiction Award (2021), and her poetry was听shortlisted for the Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award (2012), and听the听New Contrast听National Poetry Award (2021).