and spread South African literature there and conscientious people on the South African struggle. Return to South Africa Mbulelo returned to South Africa in 1993 and in 1994 he became the first post-apartheid Vice Chancellor and Rector of the University of Fort Hare, where he also held the faculty rank of Professor in the Department of English Studies and Comparative Literature. After leaving the University of Fort Hare, he was a vocal contributor to international debate on issues confronting African populations on the continent and in the diaspora of the Americas. Mbulelo chaired and served on numerous boards, including: the African Arts Fund (affiliated to the U.N. Center against Apartheid) and the Institute for the Advancement of Journalism (affiliated to the University of the Witwatersrand). Mbulelo was also the director of the Center for African Literary Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN). He worked closely with Ngugi Wa Thiong’o and Nawal El Saadawi as co-chairs of BUWA! African Languages and Literatures into the 21st Century. He was appointed by both former presidents Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki into various advisory boards. He was also involved with some aspects of the National Development Plan. In June 2013 Mbulelo was the guest speaker at the inaugural Can Themba Memorial Lecture alongside Nadine Gordimer and Joe Thloloe. He was the Project Leader and General Editor of the Encyclopaedia of South African Arts Culture and Heritage (ESAACH). Published collections Mbulelo was a popular personality on the international speaking scene and some of his works have been translated into several languages including German, French, Russian, Dutch and Slavic. His publications include: Mzala: The Short Stories of Mbulelo Mzamane (Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 1980). My Cousin Comes to Jo'burg (Harlow: Longman, 1981). The Children of Soweto: A Trilogy (Harlow: Longman, 1982). The Children of the Diaspora and Other Stories of Exile (Western Cape: Vivlia Publishers, 1996). Where There is No Vision the People Perish: Reflections on the African Renaissance (University of South Australia: Hawke Institute, 2001). The Race Between the Turtles and Cheetahs (Children's Book) (Canberra, The Australian National University: The Herbert and Valmae Freilich Foundation, 2004). Children of Paradise (UKZN Press, 2011). Of Minks and Men and Other Stories of Our Transition and The Mbeki Turn: South Africa after Mandela'' (Lambert Academic Publishing, 2013). References External links Official website. South African activists Academic staff of the University of Fort Hare 1948 births 2014 deaths People from Port