Biographical Note

Renée Schatteman is an Associate Professor at Georgia State University where she teaches Postcolonial Literature. Her area of specialization is African literature, with a particular interest in literature from southern Africa. She co-wrote a three-volume curriculum guide to African literature entitled Voices from the Continent (published by Africa World Press) and has written articles about and interviews with numerous African writers, in particular Sindiwe Magona, Zakes Mda, and Tsitsi Dangaremebga.