CARROL CLARKSON, teacher, University of Cape Town, South Africa. HARRY GARUBA is Associate Professor at the Centre for African Studies, University of Cape Town, South Africa, with a joint appointment in the English Department. JOHAN GEERTSEMA is Assistant Professor in the University Scholars Programme, National University of Singapore. INA GRABE is Emeritus Professor of Theory of Literature, University of South Africa (UNISA). MERRY M. PAWLOWSKI, teacher, California State University, Bakersfield, USA. FREDERIK TYGSTRUP is the Director of the Copenhagen Doctoral School in Cultural Studies, and Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. MARITA WENZEL is Associate Professor of English, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa. MERLE A. WILLIAMS is Personal Professor of English and Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies in the Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.