Bøger af Michael Wessels

They say we only use ten percent of our brains. Matt Stevennsen is about to find out how right they are as he discovers a world hidden by his own mind. He will make unlikely allies along his journey, but will he lose himself along the way?

In this posthumously published collection of poems, Michael Wessels' passionate love for and knowledge of the natural world shines through. The poems are about life's joyful and also painful journeys, whether physical or spiritual or emotional. The poems are about encounter. And discovery. They are testaments to a life lived to the full. A life filled with deep compassion and wisdom.Michael Wessels was Associate Professor of English at the University of the Western-Cape. His research explored new ways of reading San oral literature and the politics of indigeneity. He published more than thirty accredited articles and chapters in books in his career. He died tragically in 2018.

The "Bleek and Lloyd Collection" consists of the notebooks in which William Bleek and Lucy Lloyd transcribed and translated the narratives, cultural information and personal histories told to them in the 1870's by a number of Xam informants. This book examines the Xam archive and also the critical tradition that has grown up around the archive.