South African Literature Collection

Photo of Mandela's Book Long Walk to Freedom

The South African Literature Collection at Western Michigan University was donated by Edward Callan (WMU Distinguished Professor Emeritus, 1995). It includes a well-rounded variety of materials in the subjects of political science, literature, and history of South Africa.

Edward Callan was a bibliographer of Alan Paton, the South African author of novels including Cry the Beloved Country and Apartheid and the Archbishop . Some of the authors in this collection include Bishop Desmond Tutu, Nelson and Winnie Mandela, Nadine Gordimer, Alan Paton, and Donald Woods.

The collection contains a nearly complete run of the Liberal party magazine: Reality (1969-1992), as well as letters and photographs of Nadine Gordimer and Alan Paton.

Alan S. Paton Collection

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