Liz Gunner


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

Background

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

Monographs

  • Radio Soundings: South Africa and the Black Modern
  • ''A Handbook for Teaching African Literature''

Edited collections

  • Radio in Africa: Publics, cultures, communities
  • ''Power, Marginality and African Oral Literature''