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 SOAS [University of London|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''