Mark Gevisser

Mark Gevisser (born 1964) is a South African author and journalist. His latest book is The Pink Line: Journeys Across the World's Queer Frontiers (2020). Previous books include A Legacy of Liberation: Thabo Mbeki and the Future of the South African Dream and Lost and Found in Johannesburg: A Memoir. His journalism has appeared in many publications, including The Guardian, The New York Times, Granta, and the New York Review of Books. Quotes What I love about the concept of the Afro-Modern is the embrace of a hybrid, syncretic identity that is rooted in Africa but draws on global experiences, and indigenises them, South Africa is confounding in that there is legal equality – up to and including same-sex marriage (my partner and I are married, something I don’t think either of us are comfortable with, but hey, contracts are useful), but there is still terrible violence on the ground – even though attitudes are changing. Mark Gevisser and Pwaangulongii Dauod In Conversation The pandemic has put into sharp relief the digital divide. For a long time to come, e-books will not be an option for most South Africans, and for this reason the paper publishing industry must stay alive. The first step is to keep the book industry alive: to save jobs and preserve the space in which books provide information to South Africans. "The first step is to keep the book industry alive" – an interview with Mark Gevisser Johannesburg is a feeling - of edginess but also of humanism. And of intense relationships. The Interview – Mark Gevisser: The divided citizen External links Category:Journalists from South Africa Category:LGBT people Category:1964 births Category:Living people Category:Yale University alumni