Lewis Nkosi (born 1936) is a South African writer and essayist. Nkosi worked for many years in Durban for the magazine Ilanga lase Natal and in Johannesburg for Drum. Nkosi faced severe regulations on his writing due to the publishing regulations found in the Suppression of Communism Act and the Publications and Entertainment Act passed in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1961, he received a scholarship to study at Harvard, and he began his life in exile. Since then, he has been an editor for The New African in London, and the NET in the United States. He became a Professor of Literature and has held positions at the University of Wyoming and the University of California-Irvine, as well as at Universities in Zambia and Warsaw, Poland. Nkosi's work explores themes of politics, relationships, and sexuality. Interestingly, Nkosi joined forces with African powerhouse authors Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka in and interview in the third chapter of Bernth Lindfors' Conversations With Chinua Achebe. Central area of Durban Durban is a city in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa (). It is also known by the Zulu word eThekwini, (which means at the harbour, from the Zulu word itheku). ... , City motto: Unity in Development Province Gauteng Mayor Amos Masondo Area  - % water 1,644 km² 0. ... This article is about the British city. ... The University of Wyoming is a land-grant university located in Laramie, Wyoming, situated on Wyomings high plains, at an elevation of 7,200 feet (2194m), between the Laramie and Medicine Bow mountain ranges. ... The University of California, Irvine is a public university situated in suburban Irvine, California. ... Warsaw (Polish: , (?), in full The Capital City of Warsaw, Polish: Miasto StoÅ‚eczne Warszawa) is the capital of Poland and its largest city. ... Chinua Achebe Chinua Achebe (born November 16, 1930) is a Nigerian writer. ... Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka (born July 13, 1934) is a Nigerian writer. ...

Bibliography

Collections of essays

• Home and Exile (1965)
• The Transplanted Heart: Essays on South Africa (1975)
• and Tasks and Masks: Themes and Styles of African Literature (1981)

Plays

• The Rhythm of Violence(1964)
• The Black Psychiatrist (2001)

Novels

• Mating Birds (1986)
• Underground People (2002), originally published in Dutch in 1994
• Mandela's Ego (2006)

Sources

• Conversations With Chinua Achebe Edited by Bernth Lindfors. University Press of Mississippi (October, 1997)
• Southern African Writing: Voyages and Explorations edited by Geoffrey V. Davis. Rodopi (January, 1994)