Jacomien van Niekerk is a senior lecturer in the Department of Afrikaans, Faculty of Humanities, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa. She is the current editor of Tydskrif vir Letterkunde.
Willemse, Hein. Angsland (’n proses). Gedigte. BLAC, 1981.
Willemse, Hein (ed.). Die stukke wat ons sny. Kwela, 1999.
Willemse, Hein & Ampie Coetzee (eds.). iQabane Labantu: Poetry in the Emergency/Poësie in die noodtoestand. Taurus, 1989.
Willemse, Hein.Aan die ander kant: Swart Afrikaanse skrywers in die Afrikaanse letterkunde. Protea, 2007.
Willemse, Hein & Steward van Wyk (eds). <italic>’n Vlag aan die tong: Gedenkbundel van die derde Swart Afrikaanse skrywerssimposium. </italic>abrile doman & Hond, 2015.
Chapters in books
Willemse, Hein. “The Afrikaans Cultural Expressions of the Powerless and Subjugated.” A Companion to African Literatures, edited by Olakunle George. John Wiley & Sons, 2021, pp. 251–65.
_____. “Afrikaans literature 1948–1976.” The Cambridge History of South African Literature, edited by David Atwell & Derek Attridge. Cambridge U P, 2012, pp. 429–51.
_____. “Die Skrille Sonbesies: Emergent Black Afrikaans Poets in Search of Authority.” Rendering Things Visible. Essays on South African Culture, edited by Martin Trump. Ravan, 1990, pp. 367–401.
_____. “Die skrywerskap van Patrick J. Petersen.” Ons het [...] ver versit: Gedigte—toesprake—onderhoude, by Patrick J. Petersen. abrile doman, 2021, pp. 263–302.
_____. “Die veelbewoë vaart na Paternoster of ’n eie perspektief op swart Afrikaanse skryfwerk.” Die reis na Paternoster. ’n Verslag van die tweede swart Afrikaanse skrywersimposium gehou op Paternoster vanaf 29 September tot 1 Oktober 1995, edited by Hein Willemse, Marion Hattingh, Steward van Wyk & Pieter Conradie. U Western Cape, 1997, pp. 109–22.
_____. “Elfrieda Binga’s ‘Berseba’: Constructing history and identity in a rural Namibian village.” Oral Literary Performance in Africa: Beyond Text, edited by Nduka Otiono & Chiji Akoma. Routledge, 2021, pp. 23–43.
_____. “The hidden histories of Afrikaans.” Whiteness Afrikaans Afrikaners: Addressing Post-Apartheid Legacies, Privileges and Burdens. Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA), 2018, pp. 115–36. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvh8qwz9.
_____. “’n Inleiding tot buite-kanonieke Afrikaanse kulturele praktyke.” Perspektief & Profiel 2, edited by H. P. van Coller. Van Schaik, 1999, pp. 3–20.
_____. “’n Kleurlingkenner se kleurling.” Van Volksmoeder tot Fokofpolisiekar: Kritiese opstelle oor Afrikaanse herinneringsplekke, edited by Albert M. Grundlingh & Siegfried Huigen. SUN, 2008, pp. 27–38.
_____. “’n Kritiese bestekopname van huidige swart Afrikaanse digwerk.” Teks en tendens, edited by Rialette Wiehahn & P. H. Roodt. Owen Burgess, 1987, pp. 81–94.
_____. “’Maa’ die manne waver nog’: Jong swart Afrikaanse skrywers.” Race and Literature / Ras en Literatuur, edited by Charles Malan. Owen Burgess, 1987, pp. 197–205.
_____. “‘Ons het lang genoeg gekruip net soes gedierte na die wit man.’” Taal en Identiteit: Afrikaans en Nederlands. Voordragte gehou in die Pieterskerk, Leiden 23–24 Junie 1992 onder beskerming van die Afrika Studiecentrum, edited by Vernon February. Tafelberg, 1994, pp. 149–63.
_____. “Neigings en opvattinge by jonger Afrikaanse skrywers—’n voorlopige verkenning.” Swart Afrikaanse Skrywers. Verslag van ’n simposium gehou by die Universiteit van Wes-Kaapland, Bellville op 26-27 April 1985, edited by Julian F. Smith, Alwyn van Gensen & Hein Willemse. U Western Cape, 1986, pp. 69–76.
_____. “Rethinking Afrikaans language and Literature: Facets of a current debate.” The Low Countries and Beyond, edited by Robert S. Kirsner. U P of America, 1993, pp. 255–65.
_____. “Securing the Myth: The Representation of the Origins of Afrikaans in School Language Textbooks.” Knowledge and Power in South Africa: Critical Perspectives across the Disciplines, edited by Jonathan Jansen. Skotaville, 1991, pp. 249–63.
Journal articles
Coetzee, Ampie, Julian F. Smith & Hein Willemse. “Class and apartheid: The case of Afrikaans literature.” Transformation vol. 10, 1989, pp. 28–39.
Stander, Christell & Hein Willemse. “Winding through Nationalism, Patriarchy, Privilege and Concern: A Selected Overview of Afrikaans Women Writers.” Research in African Literatures vol.23, no. 3, 1992, pp. 5–24. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3820052.
Willemse, Hein. “Aantekeninge by drie klein geskiedenisse.” Tydskrif vir Letterkunde vol.47, no. 2, 2010, pp. 150–65. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17159/tl.v47i2.3093.
_____. “Aboriginal southern African storytelling and the shaping of early Afrikaans literature.” Journal des africanistes vol.80, no. 1, 2010, pp. 93–106. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/africanistes.2375.
_____. “Apartheid, Afrikaans en ballingskap in die biografie van Vernon February.” Stilet: Tydskrif van die Afrikaanse Letterkundevereniging vol. 17, no. 1, 2005, pp. 37–59. https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC109785.
_____. “The Black Afrikaans Writer: A Continuing Dichotomy.” TriQuaterly vol.69, no. 1, 1987, pp. 236–46.
_____. “Black Afrikaans Writers: continuities and discontinuities into the early 21st century—a commentary.” Stilet: Tydskrif van die Afrikaanse Letterkundevereniging vol.31, no. 1&2, 2019, pp. 260–75. https://hdl.handle.net/10520/ejc-stilet-v31-n1-a32.
_____. “Die Afrikaanse gedig.” Tydskrif vir Letterkunde vol. 34, no. 1, 1993, pp. 51–34.
_____. “Die beeldvorming van Piet Uithalder in die A. P. O. (1909–1922).” Stilet: Tydskrif van die Afrikaanse Letterkundevereniging vol.5, no. 2 ,1993, pp. 63–76.
_____. “Die kaart van ervaring van Japie Bekeur.” LitNet Akademies vol. 2, no. 1,
2007. DOI: https://www.litnet.co.za/die-kaart-van-ervaring-van-japie-bikeur-2000/.
_____. “Die konstruk—Namibiese Letterkunde—en Afrikaanse oratuur.” Stilet vol. 7, no. 2, 1995, pp. 62–76.
_____. “Die Swart Afrikaanse skrywersimposium—oorspronge en konteks.” Tydskrif vir Letterkunde vol. 44, no. 2, 2018, pp. 204–14. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4314/tvl.v44i2.29800.
_____. “Die veelbewoë vaart na Paternoster.” Tydskrif vir Letterkunde vol.34, no. 2, 1996, pp. 38–48.
_____. “Identity, place and politics in the auto/biographies of two South African educators.” Life writing, vol.11, no. 2, 2014, pp. 231–46. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14484528.2014.888607.
_____. “The invisible margins of Afrikaans literature.” Matatu vol. 15–16, no. 1, 1996, pp. 91–102. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/18757421-90000170.
_____. “In jarelange verbondenheid: Adam Small en die Cape Flats Players.” Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe vol.57, no. 4, 2017, pp. 879–96. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2224-7912/2017/v57n4a2.
_____. “Insularity and Ambivalence: The Case of the South African Poet P. J. Philander’s Epic Poem, Zimbabwe.” Research in African Literatures vol. 39, no. 1, 2008, pp. 125–48. https://www.jstor.org/stable/i20109555.
_____. “Kreolisering en identiteit in die musiekblyspel, Ghoema.” Stilet: Tydskrif van die Afrikaanse Letterkundevereniging vol.22, no. 1, 2010, pp. 30–42. https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC109937.
_____. “N. P. van Wyk Louw deur die oë van Adam Small.” LitNet Akademies vol.14, no. 3, 2017, pp. 166–89. https://www.litnet.co.za/np-van-wyk-louw-deur-die-oe-van-adam-small/.
_____. “NALN, kultuurskatte en gemeenskaplikheid.” Ensovoort vol.13, no. 1, 2009, pp. 105–13.
_____. “Om ruim in Afrika te leef.” Tydskrif vir Letterkunde vol.40, no. 1, 2003, pp. 8–22. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4314/tvl.v40i1.53612.
_____. “‘Om weer mens te word’: Identiteit, onreg, skuld en restitusie in die RSG–vertelreeks Almal het ’n storie.” Tydskrif vir Letterkunde vol.50, no. 3, 2018, pp. 173–86. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17159/tl.v50i3.5120.
_____. “Onvolkome leierskap in die eenbedrywe van Paul Roubaix.” Stilet: Tydskrif van die Afrikaanse Letterkundevereniging vol. 6, no. 1, 1994, pp. 57–68.
_____. “Opstand en oorlog: milieu– en karaktertekening as ’n diskursiewe konstruk in ’n Melvin Whitebooi feuilleton.” Tydskrif vir Letterkunde vol.39, no. 3/4, 2001, pp. 22–33.
_____. “’n Ou skoolsaal of teater—die opvoerruimtes van die Cape Flats Players en die Eoan-groep.” Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe vol. 61, no. 4-1, 2021, pp. 1195–217. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2224-7912/2021/v61n4-1a12.
_____. “Outobiografie en herinnering as verset in Adam Small se The Orange Earth.” Tydskrif vir Letterkunde vol. 49, no. 1, 2012, pp. 70–81. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4314/tvl.v49i1.6.
_____. “The politics of narrating Cinderella in Namibia.” Tydskrif vir Letterkunde vol.41, no. 2, 2018, pp. 69–83. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4314/tvl.v41i2.29675.
_____. “S. V. Petersen in dialoog met sy intellektuele en sosiale omgewing.” Tydskrif vir Letterkunde vol.47, no. 2, 2010, pp. 31–47. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4314/tvl.v47i2.60622.
_____. “S. V. Petersen se poësie van verwantskap.” Tydskrif vir Nederlands en Afrikaans vol.17, no. 2, 2010, pp. 3–20.
_____. “Textual Production and Contested Histories in a Performance of the Namibian Storyteller Dawid Plaatjies.” Research in African Literatures vol.34, no. 3, 2003, pp. 27–45. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/44737.
_____. “Tokkelossie, ‘’n Boesman, outa Hendrik’ en ontkennende close readings.” Literator vol. 29, no. 3, 2008, pp. 57–73. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/lit.v29i3.125.
_____. “The writing of Arthur Fula: Modernity, language, place and religion.” Tydskrif vir Letterkunde vol.55, no. 1, 2018, pp. 54–69. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17159/2309-9070/tvl.v.55i1.3014.
Editorials and essays
Willemse, Hein. “André P. Brink: ’n erkenning.” Tydskrif vir Letterkunde vol.41, no. 1, 2003, pp. 130–3. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4314/tvl.v41i1.29665.
_____. “Defining Heritage and Future—notes on Departments of Afrikaans and Transformation.” Crossing borders: Writers meet the ANC, edited by Ampie Coetzee & James Polley, 1990, pp. 182–5.
_____. “Es’kia Mphahlele—a doyen of African literature.” Tydskrif vir Letterkunde vol.41, no. 2, 2004, pp. 169–74. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4314/tvl.v41i2.29683.
_____. “Liberation Chabalala: The World of Alex la Guma.” Kronos vol. 12, no. 20, 1993, pp. 127–30.
_____. “Nasionalisme en letterkunde—wat verder? Oudtshoorn: Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees.” LitNet seminaarkamer. 30 Mar. 1999. https://oulitnet.co.za/seminaar/nasionalisme.asp.
_____. “Om te leef in Afrika: Oorlewing, saambestaan en die Suid–Afrikaanse letterkunde.” U Pretoria, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/12819.
_____. “Tydskrif vir Letterkunde: ’n Aaneenlopende rekord van 75 jaar.” Tydskrif vir Letterkunde vol. 48, no. 2, 2011, pp. 5–12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17159/tl.v48i2.2122.
_____. “Tydskrif vir Letterkunde @80.” Tydskrif vir Letterkunde vol.53, no. 2, pp. 240–1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17159/tl.v53i2.1494.
Willemse, Hein & Hannelie Marx. “Redaksioneel (oor tendense in die Afrikaanse letterkunde sedert 1994).” Stilet: Tydskrif van die Afrikaanse Letterkundevereniging vol.15, no. 1, 2003, pp. iv–vi. https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC109739.
Willemse, Hein & Steward van Wyk. “Adam Small (75).” Tydskrif vir Letterkunde vol.49, no. 1, 2017, pp. 5–9. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17159/tl.v49i1.2080.
Interviews
Willemse, Hein. “An Interview with Kobena Eyi Acquah.” English in Africa vol.14, no. 2, 1987, pp. 75–82.
_____. “Kofi Awoonor in conversation with Hein Willemse.” Tydskrif vir Letterkunde vol.4, no. 2, 2018, pp. 186–97. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4314/tvl.v41i2.29685.
_____. “Zoë Wicomb in Conversation with Hein Willemse.” Research in African Literatures vol.33, no. 1, 2002, pp. 144–52. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3820934.
Tributes
Willemse, Hein. “Achmat Dangor (1948—2020).” Tydskrif vir Letterkunde vol.57, no. 2, 2020, pp. 109–10. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17159/tl.v57i2.8905.
_____. “Adam Small (1936–2016).” Tydskrif vir Letterkunde vol.53, no. 2, 2016, pp. 181–5. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17159/tvl.v.53i2.15.
_____. “Afrikaans Onbeperk—die lewensbydrae van Patrick J. Petersen.” Tydskrif vir Letterkunde vol. 45, no. 2, 2008, pp. 177–83. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17159/2309-9070/tvl.v.45i2.4512.
_____. “André P. Brink se bevrydende woord en dissidensie.” Tydskrif vir Letterkunde vol.52, no. 2, 2015, pp. 210–4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4314/tvl.v52i2.16.
_____. “Jakes Gerwel (1946–2012).” Tydskrif vir Letterkunde vol.50, no. 1, 2013, pp. 126–30. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4314/tvl.v50i1.10.
_____. “Karel Schoeman (1939–2017).” Tydskrif vir Letterkunde vol. 54, no. 2, 2017, pp. 146–9. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17159/2309–9070/tvl.v.54i2.2961.
_____. “Keorapetse Kgotsitsile (1938–2018).” Tydskrif vir Letterkunde vol.55, no. 1, 2018, pp. 170–3. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17159/2309–9070/tvl.v.55i1.4622.
_____. “Nadine Gordimer (1923–2014)—’n persoonlike herinnering.” Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, vol.51, no. 2, 2014, pp. 172–4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4314/tvl.v51i2.13.
_____. “Peter Abrahams (1919–2017).” Tydskrif vir Letterkunde vol.54, no. 1, 2017, pp. 253–6. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17159/tvl.v.54i1.32.
_____. “R. E. van der Ross (1921–2017).” Tydskrif vir Letterkunde vol.55, no. 1, 2008, pp. 166–9. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17159/2309–9070/tvl.v.55i1.4620.
_____. “Tienie du Plessis: Maker van boeke.” Tydskrif vir Letterkunde vol. 53, no. 1, 2016, pp. 218–20. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4314/tvl.v53i1.15.
_____. “Willie Adams (1951–2012).” Tydskrif vir Letterkunde vol.49, no. 2, 2012, pp. 160–2. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4314/tvl.v49i2.12.
Acknowledgement
I am grateful to information specialist Ms Adrienne Warricker (Merensky Library, University of Pretoria) for her assistance with finding publications by Hein Willemse, and to Ms Nina du Preez, who helped to complete and format this bibliography.