South African Essays on 'Universal' Shakespeare collects new scholarship and extant (but previously unpublished) material, reflecting the changing nature of Shakespeare studies across various 'generation gaps'. Each essay, in exploring the nuances of Shakespearean production and reception across time and space, is inflected by a South African connection. In some cases, this is simply because of the author's nationality or institutional affiliation; in others, there is a direct engagement with what Shakespeare means, or has meant, in South Africa. By investigating the universality of Shakespeare from both implicitly and explicitly 'southern' perspectives, the book presents new possibilities for considering (and reassessing) shifting manifestations of Shakespeare's work in major Shakespearean 'centres' such as Britain and the United States, as well as across the global North and South.

South African Essays on 'Universal' Shakespeare collects new scholarship and extant (but previously unpublished) material, reflecting the changing nature of Shakespeare studies across various 'generation gaps'. Each essay, in exploring the nuances of Shakespearean production and reception across time and space, is inflected by a South African connection. In some cases, this is simply because of the author's nationality or institutional affiliation; in others, there is a direct engagement with what Shakespeare means, or has meant, in South Africa. By investigating the universality of Shakespeare from both implicitly and explicitly 'southern' perspectives, the book presents new possibilities for considering (and reassessing) shifting manifestations of Shakespeare's work in major Shakespearean 'centres' such as Britain and the United States, as well as across the global North and South.

International scholars explore one of the most important postcolonial novels of African literature. Joint winner of Best Non-Fiction Biography, Humanities and Social Sciences Awards 2020 Sol Plaatje's Mhudi is the first full-length novel in English to have been written by a black South African and is widely regarded as one of Africa's most important literary works. Drawing upon both oral and literary traditions, Plaatje uses the form of the historical novel, and romance genre, to explore the 19th-century dispossession of his people, to provide a novel black perspective on their history. It is a book that speaks to present-day concerns, to do with land, language, history and decolonisation. Today the novel has iconic status, not only in South Africa, but worldwide - it has been translated into a number of languages - and its impact on other writers has been profound. The novelist Bessie Head described it as "more than a classic; there is just no other book on earth like it. All the stature and grandeur of the author are in it." A century after its writing in London in 1920 [it was published in South Africa in 1930, for reasons explained in the book], and at a time of intellectual ferment, with debates on decolonisation to the fore, in popular culture as much as in the academy, this book celebrates Mhudi's place in African literature, reviews its critical reception, and offers fresh perspectives. The contributors discuss Mhudis genesis, writing and publication; its reception by literary critics from the 1930s to thepresent; Mhudi as a feminist novel; Mhudis use of oral tradition; issues of translation; Mhudi in the context of African literature and history, and the decolonisation of the curriculum. An authoritative listing of all editions of Mhudi, translations as well as in English completes the book. SABATA MOKAE is a novelist and lecturer in creative writing at Sol Plaatje University, Kimberley, and the author of The Story of Sol T. Plaatje (2010). BRIAN WILLAN is Senior Research Fellow at Rhodes University, Extraordinary Professor at Sol Plaatje and North West Universities. He is the author of Sol Plaatje: a life of Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje,1876-1932 (2018), and co-editor (with Janet Remmington and Bheki Peterson) of Sol Plaatje's Native Life in South Africa: Past and Present (2016). Africa: Jacana

In a world that is veering dangerously off course from what it calls "truth" comes a classic work that unmasks the lies we unwittingly believe, lies that destroy us and ultimately damage our emotional health, relationships, and spiritual life.

In this completely revised and updated edition, psychologist Dr. Chris Thurman guides the reader through the lies we believe about ourselves, relationships, life, men, women, and, most important, God. He then unpacks the twelve essential truths for emotional health and the truth about God-the ultimate source of Truth.

This easy-to-follow guide to renewing the mind helps identify problem areas and the midcourse correction needed in how we view ourselves and our world. With discussion questions and biblical support, this timeless classic is required reading to help develop the mind of Christ and be able to experience the abundant life.

The chapters in this book constitute a timely response to an important moment for early modern cultural studies: the academy has been called to attend to questions of social justice. It requires a revision of the critical lexicon to be able to probe the relationship between Shakespeare studies and the intractable forms of social injustice that infuse cultural, political and economic life. This volume helps us to imagine what radical and transformative pedagogy, theatre-making and scholarship might look like. The contributors both invoke and invert the paradigm of Global Shakespeare, building on the vital contributions of this scholarly field over the past few decades but also suggesting ways in which it cannot quite accommodate the various 'global Shakespeares' presented in these pages. A focus on social justice, and on the many forms of social injustice that demand our attention, leads to a consideration of the North/South constructions that have tended to shape Global Shakespeare conceptually, in the same way the material histories of 'North' and 'South' have shaped global injustice as we recognise it today. Such a focus invites us to consider the creative ways in which Shakespeare's imagination has been taken up by theatre-makers and scholars alike, and marshalled in pursuit of a more just world.

In this 16-session revised and updated workbook based on the classic bestseller, Dr.
Chris Thurman reveals the lies we tell ourselves, how they damage us, and what we
can do about them. Most of us were told growing up that it was wrong to lie to
others. But how many of us were raised to believe that one of the biggest mistakes
we can make in life is to lie to ourselves?

The reality is that we lie to ourselves every day. We tell ourselves things that are
inaccurate, distorted, untrue, irrational, mistaken, and, most importantly, unbiblical.
These lies fall into different categories:

• Lies about ourselves: "I must be perfect," "My worth is determined by how I perform," "I must have everyone's approval," "It's easier to avoid my problems than face them…"
• Lies about relationships: "People can meet my emotional needs," "I should be accepted just as I am," "Others are more messed up than me," "People have to earn my forgiveness…"
• Lies about life: "I can have it all," "I shouldn't wait for what I want," "Being happy is the most important thing in life," "Life should be easy and fair…"
• Lies about God: "I have to earn God's love," "God is mean and vindictive," "God ignores my disobedience," "God changes people," "God has lost control of everything…"
• Lies men believe: "I don't have what it takes to be a man," "It's not okay to feel sad or scared," "My good intentions should satisfy everyone," "I can do it by myself…"
• Lies women believe: "My job in life is to make everyone happy," "It's not okay to speak my mind," "I'm not worthy of being loved as I am," "Outer beauty is more important than inner beauty…"
• Lies about reality: "I need to make a mountain out of a molehill," "I should take everything personally," "Life is black and white," "My feelings determine the truth…"

Truth matters-not just between us and others, but also inside of us. When we lie to
ourselves, we poison our souls and lead an existence we wouldn't wish on our worst
enemy. But when we tell ourselves the truth, we nourish our souls and fully
experience the abundant life that Jesus wants us to have.

The psalmist wrote, "Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my
Savior, and my hope is in you all day long" (Psalm 25:5). We live in a fallen world
where "truth has stumbled in the streets" (Isaiah 59:14) and the majority of
humankind is suffering because "their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts
were darkened" (Romans 2:21). We desperately need to turn back to the Lord to
guide us in his truth. We need to recognize the lies we believe . . . and instead trust