Elsa Joubert

Elsa Joubert is a renowned South African writer who, in her travels and her writings pursued her passion for uncovering the true Africa below the colonial veneer. In South Africa, she was already considered one of the great Afrikaans writers of the last century even before she catapulted to world renown in the eighties with her novel, The Long Journey of Poppie Nongena.

Her many other writings include travel books, novels and short stories, and she has received numerous other awards and honorary degrees.

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