Liz Gunner
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Liz Gunner (born 1941) is an academic who specializes in South African literature and culture, and particularly radio. She is a visiting research professor at the
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and a professorial research associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London (SOAS). She has published on African literature and run workshops all over England. Her ''Radio Soundings: South Africa and the Black Modern'' was published by
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in 2019.


Background

Born in Sri Lanka, Gunner has a PhD from the
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. She taught African literature for many years at
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, before going to work in South Africa.


Bibliography


Monographs

*''Radio Soundings: South Africa and the Black Modern'' (Cambridge University Press, 2019; ) *''A Handbook for Teaching African Literature'' (Heinemann, 1984)


Edited collections

*''Radio in Africa: Publics, cultures, communities'' (with Dina Ligaga and Dumisano Moyo; Wits UP, 2011) *''Power, Marginality and African Oral Literature'' (with Graham Furniss, 2008)


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gunner, Liz Academics of SOAS University of London Academic staff of the University of Johannesburg 21st-century women academics Living people 1941 births