Thinking out of the box : a critical interrogation of selected essays in Njabulo Ndebele's Fine lines from the box. (2007).

• Main Author: Malimela, Mxolisi
• Other Authors: Garuba, Harry
• Format: Dissertation
• Language: English
• Published: University of Cape Town 2015
• Subjects: African Studies
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11529

Includes abstract. === Includes bibliographical references. === This research paper aims to critically interrogate Njabulo Ndebele’s reflections in the collection of essays, entitled, Fine Lines from the Box (2007). The paper engages with Ndebele’s argument that the post-apartheid South African transformation agenda would be futile if it failed to achieve a new and inclusive South African national culture. Thus, through an examination of selected essays from the collection, this mini-dissertation explores the manner in which he formulates the argument that post-apartheid national culture ought to be rooted on shared values and reflect the ideals of South Africa’s negotiated democratic dispensation. This argument is important not only within the context of South Africa’s negotiated settlement and Nelson Mandela’s promotion of reconciliation but also against the background of the binarisms that characterised the anti-apartheid struggle and the discourses that underpinned it.