'Should literature be political ?'

       The Guardian has an: 'an edited version of Njabulo S Ndebele's keynote speech at Open Book Cape Town', Should literature be political ? -- but, of course, you'd do better to go to the source, where you can find both the Keynote addresses by Antjie Krog and Ndebele on the subject.
       See also the complete review review of Ndebele's The Cry of Winnie Mandela.